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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Tarrant County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tarrant County highlighted
Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

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

All 15 freedmen named Wyatt 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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