Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Elliott, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Joe Elliott registered to vote in Dallas County on August 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 2 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Joe Elliott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Elliott
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJoe Elliott reported 5 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Elliott in Dallas County
- Chi Elliottborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- JhS. H. U. Elliottborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
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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