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.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsLevi Raney reported 13 years more in Texas than in Davis County.
Other freedmen named Raney in Davis County
- Lewis Raneyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
Raneys 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 13 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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