Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Norman Bumpas, Kaufman County, Texas, 1869
Norman Bumpas registered to vote in Kaufman County on November 24, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Kaufman County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Norman Bumpas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Norman Bumpas
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Norman his X mark Bumpas"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsNorman Bumpas reported 9 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Bumpases 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 24 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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