Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ruben Henton, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Ruben Henton registered to vote in Lamar County on July 7, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 1 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Ruben Henton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ruben Henton
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. H. Dennis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsRuben Henton reported 17 years more in Texas than in Lamar County.
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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