Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Pratt, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
George Pratt registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 1, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Lavaca County
George Pratt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Pratt (Prath)
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Lavaca County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "George Pratt"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsGeorge Pratt (Prath) reported 14 years more in Texas than in Lavaca County.
Variations of Pratt (Prath)
- Pratt 7
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 2 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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