Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Hanks, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Hanks registered to vote in Tyler County on August 1, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 7 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Samuel Hanks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Hanks
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Samuel Lynch"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsSamuel Hanks reported 13 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Other freedmen named Hanks in Tyler County
- Charles Hanksborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Solomon Hanksborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
Hankses 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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