Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Remus Dancey, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Remus Dancey registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Remus Dancey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Remus Dancey
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dancey in Colorado County
- David Danceyborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- Frank Danceyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Jeremiah Danceyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
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 39 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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