Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Louis Rousher, Karnes County, Texas, 1867

Louis Rousher registered to vote in Karnes County on July 29, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 6 of them in Karnes County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Karnes County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Karnes County

Louis Rousher

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Louis Rousher
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Karnes County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Karnes County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Years in Texas before Karnes County
6 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Karnes County highlighted
Karnes County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Louis Rousher reported 6 years more in Texas than in Karnes County.

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. Karnes County's entries fill 9 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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