Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Washington, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
George Washington registered to vote in Dallas County on August 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Dallas County
George Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Washington
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Dallas County
- Geo. Washingtonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Silas Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Urm. Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
Washingtons 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 10 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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