Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Duke Bush, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Duke Bush registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 14, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Duke Bush
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Duke Bush
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Tarrant County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsDuke Bush reported 12 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.
Bushes 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 11 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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