Blanco County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Umphrey, Blanco County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Umphrey registered to vote in Blanco County on July. 29 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 4 of them in Blanco County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Moved to Hays. Jan 31. 1868" beside his name. Blanco County registered 9 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Blanco County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Blanco County

Thomas Umphrey

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Umphrey
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Blanco County
Precinct
2
Registered
July. 29 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Blanco County
4 years
Years in Texas before Blanco County
4 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored. Moved to Hays. Jan 31. 1868"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Blanco County highlighted
Blanco County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Thomas Umphrey reported 4 years more in Texas than in Blanco 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. Blanco County's entries fill 5 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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