Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Fretwell, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Green Fretwell registered to vote in Tarrant County on July 30, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 6 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Green Fretwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Fretwell
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Tarrant County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsGreen Fretwell reported 6 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.
Other freedmen named Fretwell in Tarrant County
- Jack Fretwellborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
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 2 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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