Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Jenkins, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
William Jenkins registered to vote in Tyler County on July 31, 1867. He reported Virginia 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Tyler County
William Jenkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Jenkins
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "William Jenkins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jenkins in Tyler County
- Williams Jenkinsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
Jenkinses 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 2 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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