Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dick Harkins, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Dick Harkins registered to vote in Davis County on November 23, 1869. He reported Creek Nation as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Creek Nation
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Davis County
Dick Harkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dick Harkins
- Place of birth
- Creek Nation
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Davis County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Harkinses 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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