Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tampa Jack, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Tampa Jack registered to vote in Tyler County on August 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Removed from County" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Tampa Jack
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tampa Jack
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sampson Jacky"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Removed from County"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsTampa Jack reported 14 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Jacks 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 8 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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