Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Lane, Freestone County, Texas, 1867

John Lane registered to vote in Freestone County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Freestone County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
about 1864
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Freestone County

John Lane

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Lane
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Freestone County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 14, 1867
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Freestone County highlighted
Freestone County on the 1870 county map

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. Freestone County's entries fill 45 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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