Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Lane, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Anthony Lane registered to vote in Tyler County on August 19, 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
Anthony Lane
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Lane
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 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
- "Antony Lane"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsAnthony Lane reported 14 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Other freedmen named Lane in Tyler County
- Isaac Laneborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
Lanes 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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