Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tilman Swinney, Dallas County, Texas, 1868
Tilman Swinney registered to vote in Dallas County on January 28, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Tilman Swinney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tilman Swinney
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 32 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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