Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Arant, Tyler County, Texas, 1869
William Arant registered to vote in Tyler County on November 24, 1869. He reported Mississippi 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Tyler County
William Arant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Arant
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jacob X Bryant"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Arant in Tyler County
- Jackson Arantborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
Arants 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 14 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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