Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Bonner, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Bonner registered to vote in Dallas County on August 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Lewis Bonner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Bonner
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bonner in Dallas County
- Anderson Bonnerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
Bonners 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 20 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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