Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Hamilton, Lamar County, Texas, 1869
William Hamilton registered to vote in Lamar County on July 6, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 10 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
William Hamilton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Hamilton
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 6, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. L. Gates"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsWilliam Hamilton reported 10 years more in Texas than in Lamar County.
Hamiltons 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 5 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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