Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Bush, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Jack Bush registered to vote in Dallas County on September 23, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Jack Bush
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Bush
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bush in Dallas County
- Ed. Bushborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1857
- Edmund Bushborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1850
- 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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