Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Dren Henry, Davis County, Texas, 1869

Dren Henry registered to vote in Davis County on November 23, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 3 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 Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Davis County
Texas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
18 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Davis County

Dren Henry

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Dren [Dred] Henry
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Davis County
Precinct
1
Place of residence
Davis County
Registered
November 23, 1869
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Davis County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Davis County
18 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Davis County highlighted
Davis County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

18 years

Dren [Dred] Henry reported 18 years more in Texas than in Davis County.

Other freedmen named Henry in Davis County

Henrys elsewhere in Texas

All 98 freedmen named Henry 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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