Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Odam, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Odam registered to vote in Newton County on September 9, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Newton County
Joseph Odam
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Odam
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Newton County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph his x mark O'Lamb"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Odams 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 4 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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