Source Information

Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Enumeration of Male Voters, 1891 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data:

Enumeration of Male Inhabitants of Twenty-One Years of Age and Upward, Citizens of Tennessee, January 1, 1891. Election Returns (State, County, and Local), 1796–Present. RG 87. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

About Tennessee, U.S., Enumeration of Male Voters, 1891

This database contains a Tennessee state enumeration of all males age 21 and older as of 1 January 1891.

Historical Background

This state enumeration of eligible voters in Tennessee was ordered by the state’s general assembly in January 1891. The governor was to appoint commissioners in each county to take a census of all males who were age 21 or older in their resident counties as of 1 January 1891. The timing makes these records useful for filling in the gap caused by the loss of the 1890 U.S. Federal Census.

What You Can Find in the Records

The records list name of the voter, county, and race.

Bledsoe, Campbell, Perry, Sequatchie counties are missing from the records.

Updates:
18 Jun 2020: Keyed and added the race field to records that contained that information. No new records were added.