Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Chaney, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Chaney registered to vote in Tyler County on August 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Removed from County" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Thomas Chaney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Chaney
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thos Chaney"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Removed from County"
Chaneys 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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