Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford Low, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Alford Low registered to vote in Davis County on August 5, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Davis County
Alford Low
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford Low
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Davis County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Low in Davis County
- Mack Lowborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
Lows 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 45 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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