Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Dempsey, Nueces County, Texas, 1867
John Dempsey registered to vote in Nueces County on June 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Nueces County
John Dempsey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Dempsey
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 1 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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