Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mack Parker, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Mack Parker registered to vote in Dallas County on August 29, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 4 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
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Mack Parker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mack Parker
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsMack Parker reported 3 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Parker in Dallas County
- Anthony Parkerborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1861
- Monroe Parkerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- 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 23 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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