Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Else Record, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Else Record registered to vote in Dallas County on August 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Else Record
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Else Record
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Record in Dallas County
- Dan'l Recordborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Orange Recordborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1852
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 6 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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