Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Tucker, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Robert Tucker registered to vote in Leon County on August 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 21 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Robert Tucker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Tucker
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Leon County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robert Parker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsRobert Tucker reported 2 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Tucker in Leon County
- John Tuckerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- John Tuckerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- Martin Tuckerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
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 Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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