DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abraham Crane, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869

Abraham Crane registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 22, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in DeWitt County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In DeWitt County

Abraham Crane

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Abraham Crane
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
5
Registered
November 22, 1869
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in DeWitt County
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before DeWitt County
3 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Abraham Crane reported 3 years more in Texas than in DeWitt County.

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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