Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edmond Wright, Lamar County, Texas, 1867

Edmond Wright registered to vote in Lamar County on July 7, 1867. He reported Georgia 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.

Born in Georgia, registered in Lamar County, Texas

Georgia
Birthplace: 10 years
In Texas: 10 years
In the county: about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Lamar County

Edmond Wright

Texas

Name: Edmond Wright
Place of birth: Georgia
County of registration: Lamar County
Precinct: 3
Registered: July 7, 1867
Years in Texas: 10 years
Years in Lamar County: 10 years
Years in the precinct: 6 months
Signature, as written: "J. M. Smiley"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Lamar County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Wright in Lamar County

Adam Wrightborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
William Wrightborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
William G. Wrightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854

Wrights elsewhere in Texas

All 85 freedmen named Wright 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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