Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ephraim Farar, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Ephraim Farar registered to vote in Dallas County on August 23, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 1 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Ephraim Farar
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ephraim Farar
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsEphraim Farar reported 12 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Farar in Dallas County
- Jesse Fararborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- Jesse Fararborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1847
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 20 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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