Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson New, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Jackson New registered to vote in Lamar County on July 12, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Jackson New
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson New
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Fayette Bloom"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named New in Lamar County
- Jerry Newborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
News 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 18 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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