Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Isaac Carlile, Tyler County, Texas, 1867

Isaac Carlile registered to vote in Tyler County on July 29, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Tyler County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
about 1859
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tyler County

Isaac Carlile

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Isaac Carlile
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Tyler County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Tyler County
2 months
Years in the precinct
2 months
Years in Texas before Tyler County
7 years
Signature, as written
"Isaac Carlisle"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tyler County highlighted
Tyler County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Isaac Carlile reported 7 years more in Texas than in Tyler 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 1 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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