Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Abbey, Tarrant County, Texas, 1869
Green Abbey registered to vote in Tarrant County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 1 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Green Abbey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Abbey
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Tarrant County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsGreen Abbey reported 21 years more in Texas than in Tarrant 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 25 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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