Montague County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Quillin, Montague County, Texas, 1867
Louis Quillin registered to vote in Montague County on July 31, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 6 of them in Montague County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Montague County registered 5 freedmen in 1867, 2% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Louis Quillin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Quillin
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Montague County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Montague County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Montague County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsLouis Quillin reported 21 years more in Texas than in Montague County.
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 2 of the Montague County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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