Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Crutchfield, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
James Crutchfield registered to vote in Dallas County on August 2, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 2 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
James Crutchfield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Crutchfield
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJames Crutchfield reported 16 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Crutchfields 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 4 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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