Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Limas Chana, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Limas Chana registered to vote in Dallas County on August 30, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Limas Chana
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Limas Chana
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsLimas Chana reported 3 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 23 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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