Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Washington, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Washington registered to vote in Lamar County on July 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Daniel Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Washington
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac Stafford"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Lamar County
- Frank Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- George Washingtonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- James Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- Samuel Washingtonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1847
Washingtons 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 20 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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