Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elija Digings, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Elija Digings registered to vote in Freestone County on July 23, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Elija Digings
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elija Digings
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 5 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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