Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas Alexander, Dallas County, Texas, 1868
Silas Alexander registered to vote in Dallas County on January 27, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Silas Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas Alexander
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Dallas County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Dallas County
- Jno. F. Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Alexanders 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 31 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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