Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sanmey Allums, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Sanmey Allums registered to vote in Newton County on September 16, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 2 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Sanmey Allums
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sanmey Allums
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Newton County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry his x Adams"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsSanmey Allums reported 22 years more in Texas than in Newton 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 6 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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