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.
- 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
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
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsNicholas 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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