Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Wyatt, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Ben Wyatt registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 14, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 5 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
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Ben Wyatt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Wyatt
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Tarrant County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsBen Wyatt reported 4 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.
Other freedmen named Wyatt in Tarrant County
- David Wyattborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
- Thomas Wyattborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1860
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 12 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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