Angelina County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Squire Lang, Angelina County, Texas, 1867

Squire Lang registered to vote in Angelina County on August 17, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 27 of them in Angelina County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Angelina County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
29 years
In Texas
27 years
In the county
about 1838
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1838 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Angelina County

Squire Lang

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Squire Lang
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Angelina County
Precinct
Homer
Registered
August 17, 1867
Years in Texas
29 years
Years in Angelina County
27 years
Years in Texas before Angelina County
2 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Angelina County highlighted
Angelina County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Squire Lang reported 2 years more in Texas than in Angelina County.

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. Angelina County's entries fill 17 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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