Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank John, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Frank John registered to vote in Davis County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Transferred to Marion County" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Davis County
Frank John
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank John
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Davis County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Transferred to Marion County"
Johns elsewhere in Texas
Variations of John
- Johns 25
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 27 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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