Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Clibourne Bentley, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Clibourne Bentley registered to vote in Tyler County on July 29, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Clibourne Bentley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Clibourne Bentley
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Chalmers Bently"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsClibourne Bentley reported 9 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Bentleys 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 1 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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