Halifax County Voter Registrations List 1902

The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution passed during Reconstruction had given every male aged 21 and over the right to vote, "regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude". North Carolina passed a number of State Constitutional laws and amendments in response, including poll taxes, literacy requirements, and "grandfather clauses" stating that if a resident or their ancestor was eligible to vote by a certain year, they were exempt from the literacy tests. Most of these laws effectively eliminated all African Americans because at first the date for eligibility was 1860, a date which eliminated former slaves, as well as Free People of Color since they hadn't been allowed to vote since 1835 in North Carolina. One of the laws, Public Law 1901, Chapter 550*, restricted voting to those whose ancestors were eligible for voting on January 1, 1867 or prior, and each registrant had to sign an oath stating such, giving them until 1908 to become permanent registered voters. The resulting lists provide an interesting source of information which also may confirm the ancestry of some of the men who registered. The following is the list for Halifax County residents who registered during this time:

 A List of Registered Voters for Halifax County:

 A List of Registered Voters for  Enfield, Halifax County:

NAME	AGE	FROM WHOM DESCENDED	STATE ANCESTOR VOTED IN 1867	DATE OF REGISTRATION
J. C. ANDERSON	40	W. L. ANDERSON	NC	Oct. 7, 1902
H. C. ALSTON	43	Joseph J. ALSTON	NC	Oct. 9, 1902
R. L. ALSBROOK	51	R. H. ALSBROOK	NC	Oct. 13, 1902
H. C. ATKINSON	43	J. B. ATKINSON	NC	Oct. 13, 1902
J. A. ATKINS	44	Wiley ATKINS	NC	Oct. 18, 1902
E. B. ALSBROOK	28	M. D. ALSBROOK	NC	Oct. 20, 1902
Brinkley ALSBROOK	33	Clement ALSBROOK	NC	Oct. 21, 1902
J. G. APPLEWHITE	60		NC	Oct. 21, 1902
S. S. ALSOP	54	S. S. ALSOP	VA	Oct. 3, 1902
S. B. ALSOP	25	S. S. ALSOP	VA	Oct. 9, 1902
C. C. AVENT	40	J. W. AVENT	NC	Oct. 14, 1902
J. W. AVENT	22	J. W. AVENT	NC	Oct. 16, 1902
John ANDERSON	56		NC	Oct. 18, 1902
W. W. ANDERSON	29	John ANDERSON	NC	Oct. 18, 1902
George T. ANDREWS	30	Stephen ANDREWS	NC	Oct. 23, 1902
John A. KNIGHT	54	John KNIGHT	NC	Oct. 6, 1902
John D. KING	52	James Y. KING	NC	Oct. 8, 1902
Ira S. KING	25	E. G. HALES	NC	Oct. 8, 1902
Charles N. KING	50	R. H. KING	NC	Oct. 10, 1902
John B. KENNEDY	27		NC	Oct. 11, 1902
William D. KNIGHT	28	John KNIGHT	NC	Oct. 16, 1902
Norman L. KEEN	45	Jesse KEEN	NC	Oct. 18, 1902
George L. KNIGHT	55	John KNIGHT	NC	Oct. 18, 1902
Charles R. KNIGHT	23	John KNIGHT	NC	Oct. 18, 1902
WILLIAM E. KNIGHT	21	John KNIGHT	NC	Oct. 18, 1902
Cornelius KING	61		NC	Oct. 21, 1902
Joseph KING	21	Henry KING	NC	Oct. 25, 1902
J. M. KNIGHT	21	John KING	NC	Nov. 4, 1902

Special Thanks to Marty Richardson for supplying this list.

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