DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alfred Meyers, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867

Alfred Meyers registered to vote in DeWitt County on August 3, 1867. He reported 17 years in Texas, 1 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
17 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In DeWitt County

Alfred Meyers

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alfred Meyers
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
5
Registered
August 3, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in DeWitt County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before DeWitt County
16 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Alfred Meyers reported 16 years more in Texas than in DeWitt County.

Other freedmen named Meyers in DeWitt County

Meyerses elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Meyers in Texas

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

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