Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Pratt, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
John Pratt registered to vote in Tarrant County on July 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
John Pratt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Pratt
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Tarrant County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJohn Pratt reported 5 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.
Pratts 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 2 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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