Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Eckford, Karnes County, Texas, 1867
Louis Eckford registered to vote in Karnes County on August 1, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 8 of them in Karnes County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Louis Eckford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Eckford
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Karnes County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Karnes County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Karnes County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsLouis Eckford reported 17 years more in Texas than in Karnes County.
Eckfords 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 5 of the Karnes County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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