Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benl Fisher, Dallas County, Texas, 1868
Benl Fisher registered to vote in Dallas County on January 27, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Benl Fisher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benl Fisher
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Fishers elsewhere in Texas
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 31 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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