Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Levi Raney, Davis County, Texas, 1867

Levi Raney registered to vote in Davis County on July 31, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. 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 Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Davis County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
about 1853
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Davis County

Levi Raney

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Levi Raney
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Davis County
Precinct
3
Place of residence
Davis County
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Davis County
7 months
Years in the precinct
7 months
Years in Texas before Davis County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Davis County highlighted
Davis County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Levi Raney reported 13 years more in Texas than in Davis County.

Other freedmen named Raney in Davis County

Raneys elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Raney 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 13 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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