Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Tumsel, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Charles Tumsel registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 30, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Charles Tumsel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Tumsel
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsCharles Tumsel reported 7 years more in Texas than in Brazoria 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 1 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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