Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Beverage Lawrence, Parker County, Texas, 1867
Beverage Lawrence registered to vote in Parker County on August 16, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 3 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Beverage Lawrence
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Beverage Lawrence
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Parker County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Parker County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsBeverage Lawrence reported 12 years more in Texas than in Parker County.
Lawrences 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 9 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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