Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Graham, Davis County, Texas, 1869
George Graham registered to vote in Davis County on November 23, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Davis County
George Graham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Graham
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Davis County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Graham in Davis County
- Charles Grahamborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1842
- Mose Grahamborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
Grahams 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 66 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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