Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dock Hines, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Dock Hines registered to vote in Madison County on November 20, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Dock Hines
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dock Hines
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Madison County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Doc Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsDock Hines reported 17 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Hineses 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 13 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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