Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Littlejohn, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Green Littlejohn registered to vote in Lamar County on July 8, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 5 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Green Littlejohn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Littlejohn
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robt Wilson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsGreen Littlejohn reported 5 years more in Texas than in Lamar County.
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 8 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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