Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Taffey Tucker, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Taffey Tucker registered to vote in Davis County on August 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Taffey Tucker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Taffey Tucker
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Davis County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsTaffey Tucker reported 14 years more in Texas than in Davis County.
Other freedmen named Tucker in Davis County
- Sharper Tuckerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
Tuckers 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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