Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lorenzo Oldham, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
Lorenzo Oldham registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 1, 1867. He reported 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 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 Lavaca County
Lorenzo Oldham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lorenzo Oldham
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "George Oldham"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Oldhams 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 1 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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