Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Byars, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Byars registered to vote in Van Zandt County on August 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Thomas Byars
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Byars
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Van Zandt County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsThomas Byars reported 14 years more in Texas than in Van Zandt County.
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 17 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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