Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Lashone, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Willis Lashone registered to vote in Madison County on November 24, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 1 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Willis Lashone
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Lashone
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Madison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Willis Ashford"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsWillis Lashone reported 5 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
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 15 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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