Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jorden Vaughan, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Jorden Vaughan registered to vote in Davis County on August 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Davis County
Jorden Vaughan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jorden Vaughan
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Davis County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Vaughan in Davis County
- Alic Vaughanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Larkin Vaughanborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
Vaughans 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 60 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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