Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rush Carmon, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Rush Carmon registered to vote in Davis County on November 24, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Davis County
Rush Carmon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rush Carmon
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Davis County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carmon in Davis County
- Emanuel Carmonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Jerry Carmonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Lewis Carmonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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