Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Arthur Busby, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Arthur Busby registered to vote in Tyler County on August 2, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Arthur Busby
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Arthur Busby
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Arthur Busby"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsArthur Busby reported 16 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Other freedmen named Busby in Tyler County
- Anderson Busbyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Charles Busbyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Daniel Busbyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Epham Busbyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- George Busbyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Busbys 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 3 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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