Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jef Beasly, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Jef Beasly registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
Jef Beasly
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jef Beasly
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 5 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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