Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles Kenna, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867

Charles Kenna registered to vote in Tarrant County on July 29, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Tarrant County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tarrant County

Charles Kenna

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charles Kenna
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Tarrant County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Tarrant County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Tarrant County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tarrant County highlighted
Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Charles Kenna reported 3 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.

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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