Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Major General, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Major General registered to vote in Dallas County on August 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 5 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
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Major General
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Major General
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearMajor General reported 1 year more in Texas than in Dallas County.
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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