Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Shepherd Collins, Davis County, Texas, 1869

Shepherd Collins registered to vote in Davis County on November 26, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Transferred from Marion County" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Davis County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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In Davis County

Shepherd Collins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Shepherd Collins
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Davis County
Place of residence
Davis County
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Davis County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored. Transferred from Marion County"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Davis County highlighted
Davis County on the 1870 county map

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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