Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Horn, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Simon Horn registered to vote in Tyler County on August 14, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Simon Horn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Horn
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Simon Horn"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsSimon Horn reported 9 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Other freedmen named Horn in Tyler County
- Jackson Hornborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1862
- Joseph Hornborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
Horns 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 6 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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