Wise County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Denton, Wise County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Denton registered to vote in Wise County on August 8, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Wise County. The registrar wrote "Colored - Removed from County" beside his name. Wise County registered 9 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wise County
Samuel Denton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Denton
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Wise County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Wise County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored - Removed from County"
Dentons 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 2 of the Wise County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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