Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Denis Campbell, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867

Denis Campbell registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 2 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Tarrant County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tarrant County

Denis Campbell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Denis Campbell
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Tarrant County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Tarrant County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Tarrant County
8 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tarrant County highlighted
Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Denis Campbell reported 8 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.

Campbells elsewhere in Texas

All 53 freedmen named Campbell 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 12 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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