Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis McDade, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Lewis McDade registered to vote in Austin County on August 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 29 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 29 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
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In Austin County
Lewis McDade
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis McDade
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Austin County
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McDade in Austin County
- George McDadeborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Isam McDadeborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1838
- Malty McDadeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1840
- Marion McDadeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Owen McDadeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1840
McDades 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 32 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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