Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Grandison Fields, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
Grandison Fields registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 6, 1867. He reported 29 years in Texas, 29 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 29 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
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In Lavaca County
Grandison Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Grandison Fields
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 29 years
- Years in the precinct
- 29 years
- Naturalized, how
- "County Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "July 6th 1867"
- Naturalized, where
- "LaGrange, Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "J. M. Goodrum"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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 6 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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