Bee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abner Yancey, Bee County, Texas, 1867

Abner Yancey registered to vote in Bee County on August 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 50 years in Texas, 7 of them in Bee County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bee County registered 10 freedmen in 1867, 8% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Bee County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
50 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1817
Reached Texas
43 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1817 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bee County

Abner Yancey

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Abner Yancey
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Bee County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 3, 1867
Years in Texas
50 years
Years in Bee County
7 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Years in Texas before Bee County
43 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bee County highlighted
Bee County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

43 years

Abner Yancey reported 43 years more in Texas than in Bee 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 Bee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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