Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Lindsey, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1867
Edward Lindsey registered to vote in Van Zandt County on July 5, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Edward Lindsey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Lindsey
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Lindseys 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 1 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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