Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Farmer, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
David Farmer registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 17, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 4 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
David Farmer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Farmer
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Tarrant County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsDavid Farmer reported 4 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.
Farmers 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 14 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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