Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elias Durham, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Elias Durham registered to vote in Madison County on August 20, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 15 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Elias Durham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elias Durham
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Madison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Elias Durham"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsElias Durham reported 4 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Durhams 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 7 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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