San Augustine County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Nash, San Augustine County, Texas, 1868
Lewis Nash registered to vote in San Augustine County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Lewis Nash
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Nash
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- San Augustine County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in San Augustine County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis Nash."
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nash in San Augustine County
- Sam Nashborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1866
Nashes elsewhere 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 15 of the San Augustine County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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