Medina County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Blevins, Medina County, Texas, 1867
George Blevins registered to vote in Medina County on August 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 2 of them in Medina County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Medina County registered 17 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
George Blevins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Blevins
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Medina County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Medina County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Medina County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsGeorge Blevins reported 18 years more in Texas than in Medina 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 3 of the Medina County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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