Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis McKnight, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Lewis McKnight registered to vote in Anderson County on August 8, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Lewis McKnight
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis McKnight
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
McKnights 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 16 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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