Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Dockins, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Dockins registered to vote in Lamar County on July 10, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 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
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Jerry Dockins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Dockins
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. G. Stewart"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 14 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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