Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Syras Barnes, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Syras Barnes registered to vote in Tyler County on August 26, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Syras Barnes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Syras Barnes
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "B. M. Frank"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Barnes in Tyler County
- Jackson Barnesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
Barneses 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 9 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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