Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Fretwell, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Jack Fretwell registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 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
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
Jack Fretwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Fretwell
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Fretwell in Tarrant County
- Green 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 15 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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