Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sidney Littlejohn, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Sidney Littlejohn registered to vote in Lamar County on July 6, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Sidney Littlejohn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sidney Littlejohn
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Pompey Webb"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Littlejohn in Lamar County
- Albert Littlejohnborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Allison Littlejohnborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Dennis Littlejohnborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Doctor Littlejohnborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Drandy Littlejohnborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Littlejohns 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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