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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
26 yearsMack Duncan reported 26 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Duncans 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 11 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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