Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Augustus Ferren, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Augustus Ferren registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Augustus Ferren
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Augustus Ferren
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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