Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Steel, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Jackson Steel registered to vote in Tyler County on August 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Removed from County" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jackson Steel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Steel
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jackson Steel"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Removed from County"
Other freedmen named Steel in Tyler County
- Amos Steelborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Ansburn Steelborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Charles Steelborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Charles Steelborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- James Steelborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
Steels elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Steel
- Steele 5
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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