Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Tubbs, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Charles Tubbs registered to vote in Leon County on August 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 2 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Charles Tubbs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Tubbs
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Leon County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Charles x Potts"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsCharles Tubbs reported 8 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Tubbs in Leon County
- Mingo Tubbsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
Tubbses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Tubbs
- Tubb 10
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 Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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