Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Ralls, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Jack Ralls registered to vote in Tyler County on July 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Jack Ralls
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Ralls (Or Balls)
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jack Rails"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJack Ralls (Or Balls) reported 10 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
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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