Denton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jiles Chisum, Denton County, Texas, 1867
Jiles Chisum registered to vote in Denton County on August 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 12 of them in Denton County. Denton County registered 61 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Denton County
Jiles Chisum
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jiles Chisum
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Denton County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Denton County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Denton County
- 8 years
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsJiles Chisum reported 8 years more in Texas than in Denton County.
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 20 of the Denton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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