Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Berry Boston, Dallas County, Texas, 1867

Berry Boston registered to vote in Dallas County on August 29, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 15 years 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Dallas County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Dallas County

Berry Boston

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Berry Boston
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Dallas County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 29, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Dallas County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Dallas County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Dallas County highlighted
Dallas County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Berry Boston reported 14 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.

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 23 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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