Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Elliott, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Charles Elliott registered to vote in Dallas County on August 3, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 15 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Charles Elliott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Elliott
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsCharles Elliott reported 7 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Elliott in Dallas County
- JhS. H. U. Elliottborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- 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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