Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tipton Worsham, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Tipton Worsham registered to vote in Hunt County on August 8, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 12 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Tipton Worsham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tipton Worsham
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lipton Washam attst D C Constant"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsTipton Worsham reported 9 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
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 14 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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