Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Gilder, Tyler County, Texas, 1869
James Gilder registered to vote in Tyler County on November 25, 1869. He reported Georgia 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Tyler County
James Gilder
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Gilder
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Tennessee"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gilder in Tyler County
- Esan Gilderborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Isham Gilderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Johnson Gilderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1864
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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