Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert McQueen, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Robert McQueen registered to vote in Tyler County on August 22, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Robert McQueen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert McQueen
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Tyler County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "Robt McQueen"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McQueen in Tyler County
- Archi McQueenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
McQueens 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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