Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jas. Humphreys, Dallas County, Texas, 1867

Jas. Humphreys registered to vote in Dallas County on August 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Dallas County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Dallas County

Jas. Humphreys

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jas. Humphreys
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Dallas County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Dallas County
10 years
Years in the precinct
5 years
Years in Texas before Dallas County
6 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

6 years

Jas. Humphreys reported 6 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.

Humphreyses elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Humphreys 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. Dallas County's entries fill 44 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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