Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ned Swearingin, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Ned Swearingin registered to vote in Tyler County on August 2, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Ned Swearingin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ned Swearingin
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ned Swearingin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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