Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eli Isaac, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Eli Isaac registered to vote in Madison County on November 20, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Madison County
Eli Isaac
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eli Isaac
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Madison County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Eli Love"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Isaacs 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 13 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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