DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ephriam Meshack, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867

Ephriam Meshack registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 17, 1867. He reported 31 years in Texas, 21 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
31 years
In Texas
21 years
In the county
about 1836
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1836 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In DeWitt County

Ephriam Meshack

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ephriam Meshack
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 17, 1867
Years in Texas
31 years
Years in DeWitt County
21 years
Years in the precinct
21 years
Years in Texas before DeWitt County
10 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Ephriam Meshack reported 10 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 3 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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