Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Hickman, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Alex Hickman registered to vote in Dallas County on August 31, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 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.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Alex Hickman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Hickman
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hickman in Dallas County
- Frank Hickmanborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1861
Hickmans 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 24 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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