Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Ezell, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Ezell registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 8, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Alfred Ezell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Ezell
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alfred Ezell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsAlfred Ezell reported 11 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Ezell in Kaufman County
- George Ezellborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1857
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 3 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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