Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas Washington, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Silas Washington registered to vote in Dallas County on August 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 2 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
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Silas Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas Washington
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsSilas Washington reported 4 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Washington in Dallas County
- Geo. Washingtonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Geo. Washingtonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- 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 14 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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