Washington County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Damon Lawson, Washington County, Texas, 1867

Damon Lawson registered to vote in Washington County on June 15, 1867. He reported 22 years in Texas, 6 of them in Washington County. The registrar wrote "F.M.C" beside his name. Washington County registered 2,279 freedmen in 1867, 53% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Washington County, Texas
22 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1845
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Washington County

Damon Lawson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Damon Lawson
County of registration
Washington County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 15, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Washington County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Years in Texas before Washington County
16 years
Signature, as written
"D. W. his X mark Lawson"
Remarks, as written
"F.M.C"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Washington County highlighted
Washington County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Damon Lawson reported 16 years more in Texas than in Washington County.

Other freedmen named Lawson in Washington County

Lawsons elsewhere in Texas

All 23 freedmen named Lawson 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 6 of the Washington County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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