Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Lusk, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Lusk registered to vote in Leon County on August 20, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Leon County
Abraham Lusk
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Lusk
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Leon County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "Abraham x Luck"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lusk in Leon County
- Alfred Luskborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
- 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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