Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford Viser, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Alford Viser registered to vote in Madison County on August 10, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 16 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Alford Viser
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford Viser
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Madison County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alford Owen"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsAlford Viser reported 12 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Viser in Madison County
- Allen Viserborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1840
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 4 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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