Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Braden, Lamar County, Texas, 1869
James Braden registered to vote in Lamar County on July 6, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
James Braden
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Braden
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 6, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Samuel G. Walker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsJames Braden reported 19 years more in Texas than in Lamar 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 5 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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