Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford Ogletree, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Alford Ogletree registered to vote in Tyler County on July 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Alford Ogletree
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford Ogletree
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alford Ogletree"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ogletree in Tyler County
- Charles Ogletreeborn in Texas, 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 2 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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