Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Wyatt, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Wyatt registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 12, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
Thomas Wyatt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Wyatt
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wyatt in Tarrant County
- Ben Wyattborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1858
- David Wyattborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
Wyatts 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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