Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Lamot, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Abram Lamot registered to vote in Walker County on November 16, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Registered at Polk County. Papers taken and revised. Had been in precinct for 20 days" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Abram Lamot
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Lamot
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Abram his X mark Lomax"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Registered at Polk County. Papers taken and revised. Had been in precinct for 20 days"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsAbram Lamot reported 6 years more in Texas than in Walker 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 38 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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