Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel Mughes, Davis County, Texas, 1867

Daniel Mughes registered to vote in Davis County on August 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Davis County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Davis County

Daniel Mughes

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel Mughes
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Davis County
Precinct
4
Place of residence
Davis County
Registered
August 31, 1867
Years in Texas
5 months
Years in Davis County
5 months
Years in the precinct
5 months
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Davis County highlighted
Davis County on the 1870 county map

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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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