Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Rolston, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Richard Rolston registered to vote in Lamar County on July 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Richard Rolston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Rolston
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "M. Wood Toarmond"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Rolstons 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 13 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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