Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Busby, Tyler County, Texas, 1869
William Busby registered to vote in Tyler County on November 19, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Tyler County
William Busby
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Busby
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "William L Bushy"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Busbys 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 13 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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