Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jeff Bendy, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Jeff Bendy registered to vote in Tyler County on July 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Jeff Bendy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jeff Bendy
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "William Bundy"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Removed from the county"
Other freedmen named Bendy in Tyler County
- James Bendyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- William Bendyborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1855
Variations of Bendy
- Bend 6
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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