Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gilbert Knight, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Gilbert Knight registered to vote in Dallas County on September 23, 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.
- 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
Gilbert Knight
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gilbert Knight
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Knight in Dallas County
- Albert Knightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Danl Knightborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- 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 26 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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