Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Julius Manley, Tyler County, Texas, 1867

Julius Manley registered to vote in Tyler County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 9 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Tyler County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tyler County

Julius Manley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Julius Manley
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Tyler County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 19, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Tyler County
9 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Tyler County
6 years
Signature, as written
"Julius Manley"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tyler County highlighted
Tyler County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Julius Manley reported 6 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.

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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