Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Wooten, Tyler County, Texas, 1869
George Wooten registered to vote in Tyler County on November 25, 1869. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Tyler County
George Wooten
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Wooten
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wooten in Tyler County
- George W. Wootenborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- James Wootenborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Peter Wootenborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Solomon Wootenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
Wootens 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 15 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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