Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Henry, Dallas County, Texas, 1867

James Henry registered to vote in Dallas County on August 21, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Dallas County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Dallas County

James Henry

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Henry
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Dallas County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 21, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Dallas County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Dallas County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Dallas County highlighted
Dallas County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

James Henry reported 14 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.

Other freedmen named Henry in Dallas County

  • Urm. Henryborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861

Henrys elsewhere in Texas

All 98 freedmen named Henry 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 18 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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