Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jordan Knight, Dallas County, Texas, 1867

Jordan Knight registered to vote in Dallas County on August 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Dallas County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
22 years
In the county
about 1845
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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In Dallas County

Jordan Knight

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jordan Knight
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Dallas County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 31, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Dallas County
22 years
Years in the precinct
20 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Dallas County highlighted
Dallas County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Knight in Dallas County

Knights elsewhere in Texas

All 14 freedmen named Knight 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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