Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Clebourne, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Robert Clebourne registered to vote in Tyler County on July 29, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 3 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Robert Clebourne
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Clebourne
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robert Osborne"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsRobert Clebourne reported 6 years more in Texas than in Tyler 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 1 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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