Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Herod Linsay, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Herod Linsay registered to vote in Davis County on July 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 7 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Herod Linsay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Herod Linsay
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Davis County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearHerod Linsay reported 1 year more in Texas than in Davis County.
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 1 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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