Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Madison Tucker, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Madison Tucker registered to vote in Houston County on July 26, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Madison Tucker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Madison Tucker
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Houston County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Madison his X mark Tucker."
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsMadison Tucker reported 11 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Tuckers elsewhere in Texas
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 Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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