Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Mitchel McDaniel, Tyler County, Texas, 1867

Mitchel McDaniel registered to vote in Tyler County on July 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Born in Tennessee, registered in Tyler County, Texas

Tennessee
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Tyler County

Mitchel McDaniel

Texas

Name: Mitchel McDaniel
Place of birth: Tennessee
County of registration: Tyler County
Precinct: 2
Registered: July 30, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Tyler County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 14 years
Signature, as written: "Robt. Bushy"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Tyler County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named McDaniel in Tyler County

Daniel McDanielborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1838
George McDanielborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
John McDanielborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
Joseph McDanielborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
Robert McDanielborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847

McDaniels elsewhere in Texas

All 27 freedmen named McDaniel 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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