Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Mack Duncan, Dallas County, Texas, 1867

Mack Duncan registered to vote in Dallas County on August 13, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 3 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Dallas County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
29 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1838
Reached Texas
26 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1838 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Dallas County

Mack Duncan

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Mack Duncan
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Dallas County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 13, 1867
Years in Texas
29 years
Years in Dallas County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Dallas County
26 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

26 years

Mack Duncan reported 26 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 11 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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