Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
C. Lanier, Jasper County, Texas, 1867
C. Lanier registered to vote in Jasper County on August 24, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- C. Lanier
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Jasper County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "C his X mark Varner"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lanier in Jasper County
- Louis Lanierborn in Florida
- Sampson Lanierborn in Virginia
Laniers 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 9 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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