Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah MackDonald, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Elijah MackDonald registered to vote in Bexar County on July 16, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Elijah MackDonald
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah MackDonald
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 24 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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