Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Wade, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
William Wade registered to vote in Dallas County on August 13, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
William Wade
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Wade
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wade in Dallas County
- Frank Wadeborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Melvin Wadeborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1845
Wades elsewhere in Texas
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 9 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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