Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Sheffield, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Richard Sheffield registered to vote in Tyler County on August 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Richard Sheffield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Sheffield
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "Richard Sheffield"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Sheffields 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 10 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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