Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ned Purvis, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Ned Purvis registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 1, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 13 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Ned Purvis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ned Purvis
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Years in Texas before Tarrant County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsNed Purvis reported 7 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.
Purvises 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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