Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Winn, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Winn registered to vote in Madison County on August 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Madison County
Thomas Winn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Winn
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Madison County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Winn"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Winn in Madison County
- Henry Winnborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
Winns 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 4 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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