Denton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Knox, Denton County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Knox registered to vote in Denton County on August 28, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 4 of them in Denton County. Denton County registered 61 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Denton County
Jerry Knox
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Knox
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Denton County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Denton County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Denton County
- 2 years
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJerry Knox reported 2 years more in Texas than in Denton County.
Knoxes 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 20 of the Denton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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