Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dick Heard, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Dick Heard registered to vote in Davis County on July 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 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
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Davis County
Dick Heard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dick Heard
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Davis County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Heard in Davis County
- Henry Heardborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Joshua Heardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
Heards 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 3 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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