Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wyatt M. Cadberry, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Wyatt M. Cadberry registered to vote in Dallas County on September 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 30 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Wyatt M. Cadberry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wyatt M. Cadberry
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsWyatt M. Cadberry reported 13 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
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 25 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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