Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Lamkins, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Lamkins registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 12, 1867. He reported 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Jacob Lamkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Lamkins
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lamkins in Gonzales County
- Calvin Lamkinsreached Texas about 1851
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 35 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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