Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Flowers, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Flowers registered to vote in Tyler County on July 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 7 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Joseph Flowers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Flowers
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Doyle Bailey"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJoseph Flowers reported 5 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Flowerses 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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