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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsThomas 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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