Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Ross, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Ross registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Lewis Ross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Ross
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis Ross"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsLewis Ross reported 12 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Ross in Kaufman County
- Izaer Rossborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1862
Rosses 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 4 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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