Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Boswell, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Jordan Boswell registered to vote in Dallas County on August 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 4 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
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jordan Boswell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Boswell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJordan Boswell reported 2 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Boswell in Dallas County
- Harry Boswellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Saml Boswellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Scott Boswellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
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 19 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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