Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Emanuel Futch, Tyler County, Texas, 1867

Emanuel Futch registered to vote in Tyler County on August 31, 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Tyler County, Texas
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

Emanuel Futch

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Emanuel Futch
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Tyler County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 31, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Tyler County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 years
Signature, as written
"Emanuel Fulch"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tyler County highlighted
Tyler County on the 1870 county map

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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