Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Bishop, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Robert Bishop registered to vote in Dallas County on January 27,1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- 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 Dallas County
Robert Bishop
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Bishop
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 27,1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Bishops 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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