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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsAlfred Lusk reported 22 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Lusk in Leon County
- Abraham Luskborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- John Luskborn 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 17 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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