Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Curry, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Peter Curry registered to vote in Tyler County on August 5, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 18 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Removed from County" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Peter Curry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Curry
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Peter Curry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Removed from County"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsPeter Curry reported 2 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Other freedmen named Curry in Tyler County
- Rankin Curryborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
Currys 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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