Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Lollar, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1867
Jack Lollar registered to vote in Van Zandt County on July 26, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 10 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Jack Lollar
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Lollar
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Van Zandt County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsJack Lollar reported 8 years more in Texas than in Van Zandt 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. It sits on page 7 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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