Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
French Orange, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
French Orange registered to vote in Lamar County on July 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
French Orange
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- French Orange
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 9 months
- Years in the precinct
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ant. Ashwood"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsFrench Orange reported 19 years more in Texas than in Lamar County.
Oranges 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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