Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George White, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
George White registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 2, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
George White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George White
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named White in Tarrant County
- George Whiteborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1862
- Henry Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1865
Whites 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 3 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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