Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Richard Davenport, Bowie County, Texas, 1869

Richard Davenport registered to vote in Bowie County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 4 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Bowie County
Texas
Birthplace
24 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bowie County

Richard Davenport

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Richard Davenport
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Bowie County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
24 years
Years in Bowie County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Bowie County
20 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bowie County highlighted
Bowie County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

20 years

Richard Davenport reported 20 years more in Texas than in Bowie County.

Davenports elsewhere in Texas

All 14 freedmen named Davenport 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 21 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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