Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Obrin, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
William Obrin registered to vote in Dallas County on August 29, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Dallas County
William Obrin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Obrin
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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