Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mingo Hughes, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Mingo Hughes registered to vote in Davis County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Mingo Hughes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mingo Hughes
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Davis County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsMingo Hughes reported 21 years more in Texas than in Davis County.
Hugheses 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 12 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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