Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom Tyler, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Tom Tyler registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 7 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Tom Tyler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom Tyler
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Walker County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sam Tyler"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsTom Tyler reported 10 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Tyler in Walker County
- William Tylerborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1863
Tylers 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 23 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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