Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dick Maxwell, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Dick Maxwell registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 24 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Collin County
Dick Maxwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dick Maxwell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- Aug. 24 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Collin County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Maxwells 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 35 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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