Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Lott, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Edward Lott registered to vote in Austin County on January 27, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Austin County
Edward Lott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Lott
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Bellville
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Austin County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lott in Austin County
- Monnel Lottborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1839
Lotts 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 46 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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