Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas H. W. Elliott, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Thomas H. W. Elliott registered to vote in Dallas County on August 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Thomas H. W. Elliott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas H. W. Elliott
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Elliott in Dallas County
- Chi Elliottborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Joe Elliottborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Elliotts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Elliott
- Elliot 7
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 6 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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