Erath County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Rhenbottom, Erath County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Rhenbottom registered to vote in Erath County on August 16, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 4 of them in Erath County. Erath County registered 21 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Samuel Rhenbottom
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Rhenbottom
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Erath County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Erath County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Erath County
- 5 years
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsSamuel Rhenbottom reported 5 years more in Texas than in Erath County.
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 3 of the Erath County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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