Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Nero Horne, Tyler County, Texas, 1867

Nero Horne registered to vote in Tyler County on September 9, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 2 of them in Tyler County. 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Tyler County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tyler County

Nero Horne

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Nero Horne
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Tyler County
Precinct
5
Registered
September 9, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Tyler County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Tyler County
16 years
Signature, as written
"Nero Horns"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tyler County highlighted
Tyler County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Nero Horne reported 16 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.

Variations of Horne

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 Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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