Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Weston Harmon, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Weston Harmon registered to vote in Lamar County on July 7, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Weston Harmon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Weston Harmon
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "John G. Rogers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harmon in Lamar County
- Prince Harmonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
Harmons 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 12 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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