Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Tarver, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
John Tarver registered to vote in Tyler County on August 6, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Tyler County
John Tarver
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Tarver
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "John Tarver"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Tarver in Tyler County
- John Tarverborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- Sidney Tarverborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Tarvers 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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