Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard White, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Richard White registered to vote in Dallas County on August 12, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 3 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Richard White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard White
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsRichard White reported 4 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named White in Dallas County
- Jean Whiteborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
Whites 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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