Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dalis Orah, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Dalis Orah registered to vote in Tyler County on August 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Dalis Orah
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dalis Orah
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "B. M. Frank"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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