Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alfred Sutton, Lamar County, Texas, 1867

Alfred Sutton registered to vote in Lamar County on July 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Lamar County, Texas
Tennessee
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 Lamar County

Alfred Sutton

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alfred Sutton
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Lamar County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 5, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Lamar County
20 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Signature, as written
"L. G. Ashworth"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Lamar County highlighted
Lamar County on the 1870 county map

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 3 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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