Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph Pennybacker, Lamar County, Texas, 1867

Joseph Pennybacker registered to vote in Lamar County on July 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 9 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Lamar County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Lamar County

Joseph Pennybacker

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joseph Pennybacker
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Lamar County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 13, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Lamar County
9 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Years in Texas before Lamar County
9 years
Signature, as written
"W. H. Arandall"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Lamar County highlighted
Lamar County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Joseph Pennybacker reported 9 years more in Texas than in Lamar County.

Other freedmen named Pennybacker in Lamar County

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 19 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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