Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Fort, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Richard Fort registered to vote in Lamar County on July 11, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Richard Fort
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Fort
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearRichard Fort reported 1 year more in Texas than in Lamar County.
Other freedmen named Fort in Lamar County
- Hezekia Fortborn in North Carolina, 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 15 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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