Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe McMillan, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Joe McMillan registered to vote in Tarrant County on July 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Joe McMillan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe McMillan
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Tarrant County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsJoe McMillan reported 14 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.
McMillans 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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