Starr County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Romain, Starr County, Texas, 1869
Louis Romain registered to vote in Starr County on November 22, 1869. He reported New Orleans, Louisiana as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Starr County registered 7 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Starr County
Louis Romain
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Romain
- Place of birth
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- County of registration
- Starr County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year 9 months
- Years in Starr County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
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 3 of the Starr County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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