Atascosa County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Clem Lemons, Atascosa County, Texas, 1869

Clem Lemons registered to vote in Atascosa County on November 26, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 8 of them in Atascosa County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Atascosa County registered 30 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Atascosa County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Atascosa County

Clem Lemons

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Clem Lemons
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Atascosa County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Atascosa County
8 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Years in Texas before Atascosa County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Atascosa County highlighted
Atascosa County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Clem Lemons reported 3 years more in Texas than in Atascosa County.

Lemonses elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Lemons 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 12 of the Atascosa County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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