Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Reasnover, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Robert Reasnover registered to vote in Lamar County on July 12, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Robert Reasnover
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Reasnover
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. C. Davis"
- 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 18 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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