Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Heslep, Tarrant County, Texas, 1869
George Heslep registered to vote in Tarrant County on November 18, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 6 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
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
George Heslep
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Heslep
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 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 23 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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