Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Person, Lamar County, Texas, 1869
Abram Person registered to vote in Lamar County on July 6, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 5 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Abram Person
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Person
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 6, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Faulkner"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsAbram Person reported 8 years more in Texas than in Lamar County.
Persons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Person
- Peterson 23
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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