Guadalupe County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Willis, Guadalupe County, Texas, 1869
Alexander Willis registered to vote in Guadalupe County on November 20, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Guadalupe County registered 508 freedmen in 1867, 38% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Guadalupe County
Alexander Willis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Willis
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Guadalupe County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Guadalupe County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Willises elsewhere in Texas
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 29 of the Guadalupe County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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