Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Enoch Tooler, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Enoch Tooler registered to vote in Newton County on August 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Newton County
Enoch Tooler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Enoch Tooler
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Newton County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Enoch, his x mark, Foster"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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 Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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