Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Will. Tippert, Collin County, Texas, 1867

Will. Tippert registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 19 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 2 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Collin County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Collin County

Will. Tippert

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Will. Tippert
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Collin County
Precinct
7
Registered
Aug. 19 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Collin County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Collin County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Collin County highlighted
Collin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Will. Tippert reported 13 years more in Texas than in Collin County.

Tipperts elsewhere in Texas

All 2 freedmen named Tippert 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. Collin County's entries fill 46 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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