Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Melvin Wade, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Melvin Wade registered to vote in Dallas County on September 28, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 7 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Registered" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Melvin Wade
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Melvin Wade
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Registered"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsMelvin Wade reported 15 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Wade in Dallas County
- Frank Wadeborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Urm. Wadeborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
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 31 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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