Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hezekia Fort, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Hezekia Fort registered to vote in Lamar County on July 11, 1867. He reported North Carolina 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.
- North Carolina
- 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
Hezekia Fort
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hezekia Fort
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "John M. Wood"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Fort in Lamar County
- Richard Fortborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Stephen Fortborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Forts 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 14 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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