Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Lamb, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Joe Lamb registered to vote in Colorado County on November 17, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Joe Lamb
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Lamb
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJoe Lamb reported 13 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Lambs 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 49 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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