DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lem Tumlinson, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869

Lem Tumlinson registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 23, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 3 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in DeWitt County
Texas
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In DeWitt County

Lem Tumlinson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lem Tumlinson
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 23, 1869
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in DeWitt County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before DeWitt County
19 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Lem Tumlinson reported 19 years more in Texas than in DeWitt County.

Variations of Tumlinson

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 25 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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