Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Tyler, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
John Tyler registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 30, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
John Tyler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Tyler
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsJohn Tyler reported 8 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Other freedmen named Tyler in Brazoria County
- Scripio Tylerborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1847
- Thomas Tylerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Tylers 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 1 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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