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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Erath County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Erath County

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
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Erath County highlighted
Erath County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Samuel 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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