Orange County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Edwards, Orange County, Texas, 1869
William Edwards registered to vote in Orange County on September 2, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Orange County. Orange County registered 54 freedmen in 1867, 20% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Orange County
William Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Edwards
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Orange County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 2, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Orange County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Edwardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Edwards
- Edward 5
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 Orange County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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