Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lord Louis, Madison County, Texas, 1867

Lord Louis registered to vote in Madison County on August 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Madison County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
about 1850
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Madison County

Lord Louis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lord Louis
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Madison County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 20, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Madison County
9 months
Years in the precinct
9 months
Years in Texas before Madison County
16 years
Signature, as written
"Sam Pinion"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Madison County highlighted
Madison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Lord Louis reported 16 years more in Texas than in Madison County.

Other freedmen named Louis in Madison County

Louises elsewhere in Texas

All 13 freedmen named Louis 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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