Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rubin Gibson, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Rubin Gibson registered to vote in Tyler County on August 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 7 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Rubin Gibson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rubin Gibson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Rubin Gibson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsRubin Gibson reported 13 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Gibsons 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 4 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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