Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Dancy, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Frank Dancy registered to vote in Anderson County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 6 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Frank Dancy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Dancy
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsFrank Dancy reported 19 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Dancys elsewhere 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 24 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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