Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Fish, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Joe Fish registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 19, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
Joe Fish
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Fish
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Fish in Tarrant County
- Grier Fishborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
Fishes 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 15 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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