Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Cole, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
James Cole registered to vote in Dallas County on August 27, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Dallas County
James Cole
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Cole
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Coles 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 22 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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