Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Tinker, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
James Tinker registered to vote in Bexar County on July 3, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Bexar County
James Tinker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Tinker
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 5 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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