Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Landen McKnight, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Landen McKnight registered to vote in Dallas County on August 14, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 3 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Landen McKnight
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Landen McKnight
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsLanden McKnight reported 11 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
McKnights 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 13 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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