Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Rice, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
William Rice registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
William Rice
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Rice
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Rices 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 9 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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