DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Ellis Courtney, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869
John Ellis Courtney registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 23, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 3 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
John Ellis Courtney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Ellis Courtney
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before DeWitt County
- 18 years
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsJohn Ellis Courtney reported 18 years more in Texas than in DeWitt County.
Courtneys 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 25 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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