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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Tarrant County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tarrant County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tarrant County highlighted
Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Duke Bush reported 12 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 11 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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