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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
43 yearsAbner Yancey reported 43 years more in Texas than in Bee County.
Yanceys 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 2 of the Bee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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