Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Lemmon, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Lemmon registered to vote in Galveston County on June 11, 1867. He reported 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Alexander Lemmon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Lemmon
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsAlexander Lemmon reported 10 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Lemmon in Galveston County
- Issack Lemmonreached Texas about 1865
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 Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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