Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Cruse, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
William Cruse registered to vote in Tyler County on July 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Removed from the county" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Tyler County
William Cruse
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Cruse
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wm. Jones"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Removed from the county"
Other freedmen named Cruse in Tyler County
- Philip Cruseborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
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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