Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Dunn, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
David Dunn registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
David Dunn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Dunn
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "R. Dunn"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsDavid Dunn reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Dunn in Harrison County
- Caswell Dunnborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Ceaser Dunnborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- Clayborne Dunnborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1865
- Lewis Dunnborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- Solomon Dunnborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
Dunns 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 49 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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