Liberty County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James W. Varner, Liberty County, Texas, 1867
James W. Varner registered to vote in Liberty County on August 29, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Liberty County registered 335 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James W. Varner
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Liberty County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Jas. W. his x mark, Turner"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Varner in Liberty County
- Edmond Varnerborn in Louisiana
- Lewis Varnerborn in Virginia
- William Varnerborn in Alabama
Varners 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 11 of the Liberty County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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