Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Josephus North, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
Josephus North registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 5, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas, 7 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Proof of age by Edward North" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Josephus North
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Josephus North
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Lavaca County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Mark Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Proof of age by Edward North"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJosephus North reported 7 years more in Texas than in Lavaca County.
Other freedmen named North in Lavaca County
- Edmund Northreached Texas about 1853
- Henry Northreached Texas about 1853
Norths 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 5 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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