Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Kirkwood, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Kirkwood registered to vote in Tyler County on August 1, 1867. He reported Mississippi 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.
- Mississippi
- 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
Thomas Kirkwood
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Kirkwood
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Eastwood"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Kirkwood in Tyler County
- Amos Kirkwoodborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- General George Washington Kirkwoodborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- John Kirkwoodborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Sippio Kirkwoodborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
Kirkwoods 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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