Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Archy Strong, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Archy Strong registered to vote in Davis County on August 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 1 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Archy Strong
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Archy Strong
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Davis County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsArchy Strong reported 15 years more in Texas than in Davis County.
Strongs 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 57 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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