Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Julius Cesar, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867

Julius Cesar registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 12, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 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 Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Tarrant County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tarrant County

Julius Cesar

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Julius Cesar
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Tarrant County
Precinct
12
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Tarrant County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Tarrant County
3 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

3 years

Julius Cesar reported 3 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.

Cesars elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Cesar 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 9 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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