Goliad County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Russell, Goliad County, Texas, 1867
Willis Russell registered to vote in Goliad County on July 15, 1867. He reported 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Goliad County registered 161 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- 24 years
- In Texas
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Goliad County
Willis Russell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Russell
- County of registration
- Goliad County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Russell in Goliad County
- Harrison Russellreached Texas about 1848
Russells elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Russell
- Russel 7
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 2 of the Goliad County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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