DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nat Edwards, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869
Nat Edwards registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 23, 1869. He reported Mississippi 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.
- Mississippi
- 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
Nat Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nat Edwards
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
Other freedmen named Edwards in DeWitt County
- Daniel Edwardsreached Texas about 1839
- George Edwards
- 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 25 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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