Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Eddings, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Ben Eddings registered to vote in Lamar County on July 6, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Ben Eddings
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Eddings
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alfred Person"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsBen Eddings reported 19 years more in Texas than in Lamar County.
Other freedmen named Eddings in Lamar County
- Daniel Eddingsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
Eddingses elsewhere 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 7 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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