Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jas. A. Jandy, Dallas County, Texas, 1867

Jas. A. Jandy registered to vote in Dallas County on August 20, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 6 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 Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Dallas County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1861
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Dallas County

Jas. A. Jandy

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jas. A. Jandy
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Dallas County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 20, 1867
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Dallas County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Dallas County
4 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

4 years

Jas. A. Jandy reported 4 years 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. Dallas County's entries fill 44 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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