Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cairy Joiner, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Cairy Joiner registered to vote in Lamar County on July 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Cairy Joiner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cairy Joiner
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "A. J. Kniffstrick"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 7 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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