Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Bush, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Edmund Bush registered to vote in Dallas County on September 23, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 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
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Edmund Bush
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Bush
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bush in Dallas County
- Ed. Bushborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1857
- Jack Bushborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1857
- Scott Bushborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1855
Bushes 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 26 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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