DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Stanford Douglass, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869

Stanford Douglass registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 17, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in DeWitt County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In DeWitt County

Stanford Douglass

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Stanford Douglass
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 17, 1869
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in DeWitt County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

Douglasses elsewhere in Texas

All 27 freedmen named Douglass in Texas

Variations of Douglass

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 23 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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