Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Pierce, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Frank Pierce registered to vote in Dallas County on August 26, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 13 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.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Frank Pierce
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Pierce
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsFrank Pierce reported 12 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Pierces 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 21 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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