Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Osburn Lively, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Osburn Lively registered to vote in Hunt County on July 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 8 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Hunt County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

Osburn Lively

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Osburn Lively
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 23, 1867
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Hunt County
8 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Hunt County
11 years
Signature, as written
"Osborn Lively"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Osburn Lively reported 11 years more in Texas than in Hunt 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 6 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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