Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harris Loyd, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Harris Loyd registered to vote in Tarrant County on July 29, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
Harris Loyd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harris Loyd
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Loyd in Tarrant County
- Green Loydborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1862
Loyds 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 1 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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