Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Whittlesey, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Henry Whittlesey registered to vote in Tyler County on July 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 14 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Henry Whittlesey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Whittlesey
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jeff Bundy"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Removed from the county"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsHenry Whittlesey reported 11 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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