Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Brockman, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
James Brockman registered to vote in Dallas County on August 22, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 2 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
James Brockman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Brockman
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJames Brockman reported 11 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Brockmans 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 19 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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