Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Tucker, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Martin Tucker registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Martin Tucker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Tucker
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Leon County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Martin x Parker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Tucker in Leon County
- John Tuckerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- John Tuckerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- Robert Tuckerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1844
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 11 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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