Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abrum Vickers, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Abrum Vickers registered to vote in Lamar County on July 6, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 7 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Abrum Vickers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abrum Vickers
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "L. Alexander"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearAbrum Vickers reported 1 year 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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