Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Toney Garvin, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Toney Garvin registered to vote in Davis County on August 5, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Davis County
Toney Garvin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Toney Garvin
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Davis County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 18 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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