Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richmond Frederick, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Richmond Frederick registered to vote in Lamar County on July 7, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 12 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.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Richmond Frederick
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richmond Frederick
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "L. Hart"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsRichmond Frederick reported 11 years more in Texas than in Lamar County.
Fredericks 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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