Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Richard Jamison, Parker County, Texas, 1869

Richard Jamison registered to vote in Parker County on November 20 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 2 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Parker County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1861
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Parker County

Richard Jamison

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Richard Jamison
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Parker County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 20 1869
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Parker County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Parker County
6 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Parker County highlighted
Parker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Richard Jamison reported 6 years more in Texas than in Parker County.

Jamisons elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named Jamison 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 17 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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