Maverick County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Towns, Maverick County, Texas, 1869
William Towns registered to vote in Maverick County on November 19, 1869. He reported 26 years in Texas, 19 of them in Maverick County. Maverick County registered 12 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
1843186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Maverick County
William Towns
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Towns
- County of registration
- Maverick County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Maverick County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 years
- Years in Texas before Maverick County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Daniel his X mark Evans"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsWilliam Towns reported 7 years more in Texas than in Maverick County.
Other freedmen named Towns in Maverick County
- Daniel Townsreached Texas about 1840
Townses 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 2 of the Maverick County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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