Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles Graham, Davis County, Texas, 1869

Charles Graham registered to vote in Davis County on November 26, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Davis County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
27 years
In Texas
27 years
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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In Davis County

Charles Graham

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charles Graham
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Davis County
Precinct
1
Place of residence
Davis County
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Davis County
27 years
Years in the precinct
27 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Davis County highlighted
Davis County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Graham in Davis County

Grahams elsewhere in Texas

All 18 freedmen named Graham 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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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