Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Frank Byler, Nueces County, Texas, 1869

Frank Byler registered to vote in Nueces County on November 20, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 10 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Nueces County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
24 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1845
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Nueces County

Frank Byler

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Frank Byler
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Nueces County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
24 years
Years in Nueces County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Nueces County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Nueces County highlighted
Nueces County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Frank Byler reported 14 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.

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 9 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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