Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Read, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Albert Read registered to vote in Tyler County on August 16, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Albert Read
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Read
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Albert Read"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsAlbert Read reported 14 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Reads 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 7 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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