Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Solomon, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Solomon registered to vote in Davis County on August 2, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Davis County
Benjamin Solomon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Solomon
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Davis County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Solomon in Davis County
- Alford Solomonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- King Solomonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
Solomons 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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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