Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Laben Davidson, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Laben Davidson registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
Laben Davidson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Laben Davidson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Davidsons 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 6 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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