Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Moses Edmund, Dallas County, Texas, 1867

Moses Edmund registered to vote in Dallas County on August 12, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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 Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Dallas County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Dallas County

Moses Edmund

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Moses Edmund
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Dallas County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Dallas County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 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 9 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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