Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Washington, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
William Washington registered to vote in Dallas County on August 22, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 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
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
William Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Washington
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Dallas County
- Geo. Washingtonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Geo. Washingtonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- Silas Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
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 19 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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