Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Calaway, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Richard Calaway registered to vote in Tyler County on July 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Richard Calaway
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Calaway
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Richard Calaway"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Calaways 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 1 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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