Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Landers, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Henry Landers registered to vote in Dallas County on August 2, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Henry Landers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Landers
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Landers in Dallas County
- Lee Landersborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
Landerses 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 5 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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