Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Lowe, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Jim Lowe registered to vote in Dallas County on September 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 4 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
- 31 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
Jim Lowe
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Lowe
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 31 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
31 yearsJim Lowe reported 31 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Lowe in Dallas County
- Jas. Loweborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1863
Lowes 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 25 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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