Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abraham McAfee, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867

Abraham McAfee registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 3, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Lavaca County, Texas
20 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Lavaca County

Abraham McAfee

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Abraham McAfee
County of registration
Lavaca County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 3, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Lavaca County
20 years
Years in the precinct
20 years
Signature, as written
"Andrew Mc Gee"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Lavaca County highlighted
Lavaca County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named McAfee in Lavaca County

McAfees elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named McAfee 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 3 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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