Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Dennis, Jackson County, Texas, 1867
Henry Dennis registered to vote in Jackson County on July 15, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Jackson County
Henry Dennis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Dennis
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dennis in Jackson County
- David Dennisreached Texas about 1846
Dennises 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 7 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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