Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Geo Portir, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Geo Portir registered to vote in Dallas County on August 21, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 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
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Geo Portir
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Geo Portir
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Portir in Dallas County
- Ed. Portirborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
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 17 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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