Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Cameron, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Jack Cameron registered to vote in Dallas County on August 22, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Jack Cameron
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Cameron
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Camerons 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 19 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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