Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Danl Knight, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Danl Knight registered to vote in Dallas County on August 21, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Danl Knight
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Danl Knight
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Knight in Dallas County
- Albert Knightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Gilbert Knightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1845
- Jordan Knightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1845
Knights 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 17 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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