Atascosa County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harvey Tomlinson, Atascosa County, Texas, 1867
Harvey Tomlinson registered to vote in Atascosa County on July 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Atascosa County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Atascosa County registered 30 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Harvey Tomlinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harvey Tomlinson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Atascosa County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Atascosa County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Atascosa County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsHarvey Tomlinson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Atascosa County.
Tomlinsons 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 3 of the Atascosa County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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