Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Brown, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Peter Brown registered to vote in Dallas County on August 21, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Peter Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Brown
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Browns 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 17 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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