Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Irvin Lawson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Irvin Lawson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Irvin Lawson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Irvin Lawson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lawson in Brazoria County
- Bristol Lawsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
Lawsons elsewhere 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 15 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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