Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Tandy, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
Robert Tandy registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 2, 1867. He reported 25 years in Texas, 18 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Lavaca County
Robert Tandy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Tandy
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Lavaca County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robert Gandy"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsRobert Tandy reported 7 years more in Texas than in Lavaca 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 Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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