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.

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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tarrant County

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

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

David Farmer reported 4 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 14 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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