DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
York McGeary, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867
York McGeary registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 19, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas, 5 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
1854186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In DeWitt County
York McGeary
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- York McGeary
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before DeWitt County
- 8 years
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsYork McGeary reported 8 years more in Texas than in DeWitt County.
Other freedmen named McGeary in DeWitt County
- Charley McGearyreached Texas about 1854
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 6 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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