Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jefferson Tinnon, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Jefferson Tinnon registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Jefferson Tinnon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jefferson Tinnon
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsJefferson Tinnon reported 23 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Tinnon in Bastrop County
- Wright Tinnonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
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 16 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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