Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Speer, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Charles Speer registered to vote in Dallas County on August 21, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 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.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Charles Speer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Speer
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsCharles Speer reported 14 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Speer in Dallas County
- Jordan Speerborn in Kentucky, 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 17 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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