Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Archi Yancy, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Archi Yancy registered to vote in Tyler County on August 15, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 7 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Archi Yancy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Archi Yancy
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Archy Yancy"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Yancy in Tyler County
- Elijah Yancyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
Yancys 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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