Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John H. Lomax, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John H. Lomax registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
John H. Lomax
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John H. Lomax
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lomax in Austin County
- Lewis Lomaxborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
Lomaxes 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 43 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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