Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Allston B. Duke, Dallas County, Texas, 1867

Allston B. Duke registered to vote in Dallas County on August 22, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 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 Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Dallas County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
24 years
In Texas
24 years
In the county
about 1843
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1843 to 1870

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In Dallas County

Allston B. Duke

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Allston B. Duke
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Dallas County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 22, 1867
Years in Texas
24 years
Years in Dallas County
24 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Dallas County highlighted
Dallas County on the 1870 county map

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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