Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Louis, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Louis registered to vote in Madison County on August 26, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Thomas Louis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Louis
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Madison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Low"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearThomas Louis reported 1 year more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Louis in Madison County
- Abraham Louisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- George Louisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Lord Louisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Thomas Louisborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1844
Louises 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 9 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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