Lemmons · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Lemmons in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Lemmons registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Fort Bend County (1) and Galveston County (1). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1850.

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

Where the Lemmonses registered

Texas counties where the Lemmonses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Fort Bend County150%
Galveston County150%

When the Lemmonses reached Texas

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

Every Lemmons in the register

The Lemmonses in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Morris LemmonsFort Bend County1850
Virgil LemmonsGalveston County1860

Lemmons genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Lemmons in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Fort Bend County holds 1 of the 2, Galveston County 1. 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 Lemmons?

Fort Bend County (1), Galveston County (1). In all, 2 registered across 2 Texas counties 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 Lemmons appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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