Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
J.M.M Myers, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
J.M.M Myers registered to vote in Dallas County on September 23, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 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
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
J.M.M Myers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- J.M.M Myers
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Dallas County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Myerses 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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