Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Eli Irwin, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867

Eli Irwin registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Kaufman County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
about 1857
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Kaufman County

Eli Irwin

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Eli Irwin
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Kaufman County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Kaufman County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Kaufman County
9 years
Naturalized, when
"Eli Brown"
Signature, as written
"Eli Brown"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kaufman County highlighted
Kaufman County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Eli Irwin reported 9 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.

Irwins elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Irwin 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 10 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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