Kendall County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Louis Hamilton, Kendall County, Texas, 1869

Louis Hamilton registered to vote in Kendall County on November 22, 1869. He reported 34 years in Texas, 2 of them in Kendall County. The registrar wrote "Colored. October 1866, Grimes County, Texas" beside his name. Kendall County registered 31 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Kendall County, Texas
34 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1835
Reached Texas
32 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1835 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Kendall County

Louis Hamilton

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Louis Hamilton
County of registration
Kendall County
Registered
November 22, 1869
Years in Texas
34 years
Years in Kendall County
2 years
Years in Texas before Kendall County
32 years
Naturalized, how
"By ""
Naturalized, when
"August 26 1867"
Naturalized, where
"Kendall ""
Signature, as written
"J. Reinhard"
Remarks, as written
"Colored. October 1866, Grimes County, Texas"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kendall County highlighted
Kendall County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

32 years

Louis Hamilton reported 32 years more in Texas than in Kendall County.

Hamiltons elsewhere in Texas

All 36 freedmen named Hamilton 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 5 of the Kendall County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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