Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Monroe Derrett, Dallas County, Texas, 1867

Monroe Derrett registered to vote in Dallas County on August 2, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Dallas County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Dallas County

Monroe Derrett

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Monroe Derrett
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Dallas County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Dallas County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Dallas County
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Dallas County highlighted
Dallas County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Monroe Derrett reported 15 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.

Other freedmen named Derrett 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 4 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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