Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Jarrett, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Henry Jarrett registered to vote in Davis County on August 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Davis County
Henry Jarrett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Jarrett
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Davis County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 15 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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