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.
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
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
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsAlfred Meyers reported 16 years more in Texas than in DeWitt County.
Other freedmen named Meyers in DeWitt County
- Jerry Meyersreached Texas about 1850
- Tructy Meyersreached Texas about 1852
Meyerses elsewhere 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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