Wise County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Dan Tucker, Wise County, Texas, 1867

Dan Tucker registered to vote in Wise County on August 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 10 of them in Wise County. The registrar wrote "Colored Removed from County" beside his name. Wise County registered 9 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Wise County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wise County

Dan Tucker

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Dan Tucker
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Wise County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 10, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Wise County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Wise County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Removed from County"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wise County highlighted
Wise County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Dan Tucker reported 3 years more in Texas than in Wise 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 2 of the Wise County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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