Lemmon · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Lemmon in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Lemmon registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Galveston County (2). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1856.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Lemmons registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Lemmon registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
1
Counties
1856
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Lemmons registered

Texas counties where the Lemmons registered
CountyFreedmen%
Galveston County2100%

When the Lemmons reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Lemmons
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
1
1860s
1

Every Lemmon in the register

The Lemmons in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alexander LemmonGalveston County1856
Issack LemmonGalveston County1865

Lemmon genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Lemmon in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Galveston County holds 2 of the 2. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Lemmon?

Galveston County (2). In all, 2 registered across 1 Texas county between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Lemmon appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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