Kendall County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lafayette Douglas, Kendall County, Texas, 1867

Lafayette Douglas registered to vote in Kendall County on July 30, 1867. He reported 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Kendall County registered 31 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Kendall County, Texas
8 years
In Texas
about 1859
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Kendall County

Lafayette Douglas

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lafayette Douglas
County of registration
Kendall County
Registered
July 30, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Kendall County
5 months
Years in Texas before Kendall County
7 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kendall County highlighted
Kendall County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Lafayette Douglas reported 7 years more in Texas than in Kendall County.

Variations of Douglas

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 1 of the Kendall County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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