Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henderson Maithens, Dallas County, Texas, 1867

Henderson Maithens registered to vote in Dallas County on August 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
15 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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In Dallas County

Henderson Maithens

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henderson Maithens
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Dallas County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 3, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Dallas County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Dallas County highlighted
Dallas County on the 1870 county map

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. Dallas County's entries fill 44 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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