Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert James, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Robert James registered to vote in Lamar County on July 13, 1867. He reported Chickasaw Nation as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Chickasaw Nation
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Robert James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert James
- Place of birth
- Chickasaw Nation
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "James Norwood"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Jameses 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 18 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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