Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam'l Wigginton, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Sam'l Wigginton registered to vote in Dallas County on August 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 6 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Sam'l Wigginton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam'l Wigginton
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsSam'l Wigginton reported 6 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Wigginton in Dallas County
- Wesley Wiggintonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
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 23 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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