Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Segrist, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
James Segrist registered to vote in Tyler County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Tyler County
James Segrist
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Segrist
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "James Dequest"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Segrist in Tyler County
- Cornelius Segristborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
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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