Wharton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lawyer Edwards, Wharton County, Texas, 1867
Lawyer Edwards registered to vote in Wharton County on July 27, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas. Wharton County registered 830 freedmen in 1867, 84% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wharton County
Lawyer Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lawyer Edwards
- County of registration
- Wharton County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Wharton County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Wharton County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
Other freedmen named Edwards in Wharton County
- Amos Edwardsreached Texas about 1866
- Jack Edwardsreached Texas about 1866
- Penn Edwardsreached Texas about 1866
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 14 of the Wharton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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