Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Reeser Ross, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Reeser Ross registered to vote in Tyler County on August 10, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Reeser Ross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Reeser Ross
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Reese Ross"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsReeser Ross reported 3 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Other freedmen named Ross in Tyler County
- Adam Rossborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
Rosses 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 5 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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