Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Young Davenport, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Young Davenport registered to vote in Brazos County on November 17, 1869. He reported 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Young Davenport
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Young Davenport
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsYoung Davenport reported 14 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Davenport in Brazos County
- Dick Davenportreached Texas about 1849
Davenports 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 34 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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