Comanche County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Willis, Comanche County, Texas, 1869
John Willis registered to vote in Comanche County on November 26, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Comanche County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Comanche County registered 7 freedmen in 1867, 4% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Comanche County
John Willis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Willis
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Comanche County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Comanche County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Willises 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 5 of the Comanche County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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