Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joshua Minter, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Joshua Minter registered to vote in Tyler County on August 1, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Joshua Minter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joshua Minter
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joshua Hunter"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Minter in Tyler County
- Isham Minterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- Nathan Minterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
Minters 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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