Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Huntsman, Dallas County, Texas, 1868
Charles Huntsman registered to vote in Dallas County on January 31, 1868. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 12 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.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Charles Huntsman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Huntsman
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsCharles Huntsman reported 2 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Huntsmans 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 33 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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