Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis McKinzie, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Lewis McKinzie registered to vote in Austin County on August 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Lewis McKinzie
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis McKinzie
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Austin County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
McKinzies 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 35 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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