Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Turner J. Mith, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867

Turner J. Mith registered to vote in Tarrant County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 3 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Tarrant County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tarrant County

Turner J. Mith

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Turner J. Mith
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Tarrant County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Tarrant County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Tarrant County
12 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

12 years

Turner J. Mith reported 12 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 1 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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