Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Haywood Granvil, Lamar County, Texas, 1867

Haywood Granvil registered to vote in Lamar County on July 11, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Lamar County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1861
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Lamar County

Haywood Granvil

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Haywood Granvil
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Lamar County
Precinct
7
Registered
July 11, 1867
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Lamar County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Signature, as written
"M. M. White"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Lamar County highlighted
Lamar County on the 1870 county map

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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