Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alfred Lusk, Leon County, Texas, 1867

Alfred Lusk registered to vote in Leon County on August 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 3 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Leon County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas
22 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County

Alfred Lusk

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alfred Lusk
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Leon County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 20, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Leon County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Leon County
22 years
Signature, as written
"Alfred x Luck"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

22 years

Alfred Lusk reported 22 years more in Texas than in Leon County.

Other freedmen named Lusk in Leon 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 17 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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