DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Foster, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867

William Foster registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 19, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in DeWitt County, Texas
15 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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In DeWitt County

William Foster

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Foster
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 19, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in DeWitt County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

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

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