DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Edwards, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Edwards registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 18, 1867. He reported 28 years in Texas, 23 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
1839186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In DeWitt County
Daniel Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Edwards
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Years in Texas before DeWitt County
- 5 years
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsDaniel Edwards reported 5 years more in Texas than in DeWitt County.
Other freedmen named Edwards in DeWitt County
- George Edwards
- Nat Edwardsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1867
- Peter Edwardsreached Texas about 1852
Edwardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Edwards
- Edward 5
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 DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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