Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Posy, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
James Posy registered to vote in Lamar County on July 6, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 1 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Posy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Posy
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "M. L. Thomas"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJames Posy reported 4 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 7 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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