Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hughs, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
John Hughs registered to vote in Tyler County on August 31, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 10 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
John Hughs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hughs
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 10 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By Natn at Galveston &c"
- Naturalized, when
- "1855"
- Signature, as written
- "J. Scaringen"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJohn Hughs reported 10 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Hughses 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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