Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Lemmons, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
Washington Lemmons registered to vote in Cameron County on July 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Washington Lemmons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Lemmons
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsWashington Lemmons reported 17 years more in Texas than in Cameron County.
Lemmonses 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 1 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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