Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lemuel Palmer, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Lemuel Palmer registered to vote in Madison County on November 25, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 2 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Lemuel Palmer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lemuel Palmer
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Madison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "Richard Parmer"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsLemuel Palmer reported 18 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Palmers 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 16 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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