Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Dancy, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John Dancy registered to vote in Colorado County on August 14, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
John Dancy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Dancy
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJohn Dancy reported 2 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Dancy in Colorado County
- Baker Dancyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
Dancys 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 38 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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