Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Boydkin, Tyler County, Texas, 1867

Henry Boydkin registered to vote in Tyler County on August 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 2 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Tyler County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tyler County

Henry Boydkin

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Boydkin
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Tyler County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 3, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Tyler County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Tyler County
14 years
Signature, as written
"Henry Boykin"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tyler County highlighted
Tyler County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Henry Boydkin reported 14 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.

Boydkins elsewhere in Texas

All 2 freedmen named Boydkin 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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