Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John H. Dunn, Madison County, Texas, 1867
John H. Dunn registered to vote in Madison County on August 24, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John H. Dunn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John H. Dunn
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Madison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "John L. Dunn"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn H. Dunn reported 1 year more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Dunn in Madison County
- Andrew Dunnborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1852
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 9 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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