Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Johnson Crook, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Johnson Crook registered to vote in Lamar County on July 11, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
1847186018621864186618681870
In Lamar County
Johnson Crook
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Johnson Crook
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wyatt Lowery"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Crook in Lamar County
- Charles A. Crookborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
- Washington Crookborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
Crooks 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 16 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Lamar County, Texas
Lamar County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Lamar CountyThe Crook name in TexasBorn in TennesseeSearch Lamar County by name