Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph McDaniel, Tyler County, Texas, 1867

Joseph McDaniel registered to vote in Tyler County on August 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Tyler County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tyler County

Joseph McDaniel

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joseph McDaniel
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Tyler County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 3, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Tyler County
4 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Tyler County
9 years
Signature, as written
"Joseph McDaniel"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tyler County highlighted
Tyler County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Joseph McDaniel reported 9 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.

Other freedmen named McDaniel in Tyler County

McDaniels elsewhere in Texas

All 27 freedmen named McDaniel 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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