Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Lynns, Freestone County, Texas, 1869
John Lynns registered to vote in Freestone County on November 24, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Freestone County
John Lynns
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Lynns
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lynns in Freestone County
- Caur Lynnsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
- James Lynnsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1867
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 41 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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