Denton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Nicholas Dorfs, Denton County, Texas, 1867

Nicholas Dorfs registered to vote in Denton County on August 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 2 of them in Denton County. Denton County registered 61 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Denton County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
23 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1844
Reached Texas
21 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1844 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Denton County

Nicholas Dorfs

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Nicholas Dorfs
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Denton County
Precinct
8
Registered
August 29, 1867
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in Denton County
2 years
Years in Texas before Denton County
21 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Denton County highlighted
Denton County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

21 years

Nicholas Dorfs reported 21 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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