Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Patton, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Patton registered to vote in Lamar County on July 7, 1867. He reported Texas 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Isaac Patton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Patton
- Place of birth
- Texas
- 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
- "Matthew Gentry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Patton in Lamar County
- Charles Pattonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
Pattons 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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