Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Lane, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
David Lane registered to vote in Harrison County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Harrison County
David Lane
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Lane
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "D. L. Lane"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lane in Harrison County
- Alex Laneborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Henry Laneborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Israel Laneborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Richard Laneborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Robert Laneborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
Lanes 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 59 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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