Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Marida Gainer, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Marida Gainer registered to vote in Tyler County on August 16, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 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
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Marida Gainer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Marida Gainer
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Marida James"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gainer in Tyler County
- Richard Gainerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
Gainers elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Gainer
- Gaines 13
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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