Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Kemp, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Richard Kemp registered to vote in Davis County on August 2, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Davis County
Richard Kemp
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Kemp
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Davis County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Kemp in Davis County
- Jackson Kempborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1843
- Jerry Kempborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Kemps 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 14 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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