Limestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Merick Trummell, Limestone County, Texas, 1867

Merick Trummell registered to vote in Limestone County on July 15, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Limestone County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Limestone County registered 368 freedmen in 1867, 33% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Limestone County, Texas
20 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Limestone County

Merick Trummell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Merick Trummell
County of registration
Limestone County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 15, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Limestone County
20 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Signature, as written
"Merritt Pennell"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Limestone County highlighted
Limestone County on the 1870 county map

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 Limestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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