Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Brinkley, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Jack Brinkley registered to vote in Davis County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Davis County
Jack Brinkley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Brinkley
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Davis County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Brinkleys 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 25 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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