Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Wooten, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
James Wooten registered to vote in Tyler County on July 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Tyler County
James Wooten
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Wooten
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "James Wooten"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wooten in Tyler County
- George Wootenborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1855
- George W. Wootenborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Peter Wootenborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Solomon Wootenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
Wootens 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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