Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Richeson, Dallas County, Texas, 1868
Anthony Richeson registered to vote in Dallas County on January 31, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 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
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Anthony Richeson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Richeson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Richeson in Dallas County
- Troy Richesonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
Richesons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Richeson
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 34 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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