San Augustine County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Edwards, San Augustine County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Edwards registered to vote in San Augustine County on July 20, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in San Augustine County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. San Augustine County registered 340 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Abraham Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Edwards
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- San Augustine County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in San Augustine County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Signature, as written
- "Abraham Edwards"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Edwards in San Augustine County
- Ardrey Edwardsborn in Texas
- James H. Edwardsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Robert Edwardsborn in Texas
Edwardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Edwards
- Edward 5
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 2 of the San Augustine County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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