Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Whisby, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Washington Whisby registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 5, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Washington Whisby
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Whisby
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 5 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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