Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Monroe Parker, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Monroe Parker registered to vote in Dallas County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Monroe Parker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Monroe Parker
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsMonroe Parker reported 15 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Parker in Dallas County
- Anthony Parkerborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1861
- Mack Parkerborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1860
- Randolph Parkerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
Parkers 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 18 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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