Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Durham, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Durham registered to vote in Dallas County on August 20, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 4 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Nelson Durham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Durham
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsNelson Durham reported 4 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Durhams 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 16 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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