Angelina County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Louis Deson, Angelina County, Texas, 1867

Louis Deson registered to vote in Angelina County on August 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 10 of them in Angelina County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Angelina County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Angelina County

Louis Deson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Louis Deson
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Angelina County
Precinct
Homer
Registered
August 31, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Angelina County
10 years
Years in Texas before Angelina County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Angelina County highlighted
Angelina County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Louis Deson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Angelina 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. It sits on page 11 of the Angelina County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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