Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Tuomer, Gonzales County, Texas, 1868
James Tuomer registered to vote in Gonzales County on January 27, 1868. He reported 20 years in Texas, 7 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
James Tuomer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Tuomer
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJames Tuomer reported 13 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
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 38 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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