Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Dancey, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
David Dancey registered to vote in Colorado County on August 14, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 6 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
David Dancey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Dancey
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsDavid Dancey reported 6 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Dancey in Colorado County
- Frank Danceyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Jeremiah Danceyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Remus Danceyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
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 38 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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