Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Bills, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Bills registered to vote in Lamar County on July 9, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Joseph Bills
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Bills
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "John Hathcock"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bills in Lamar County
- Columbus Billsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Samuel Billsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Simon Billsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
Billses 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 11 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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