Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Washington, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Henry Washington registered to vote in Davis County on August 21, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Davis County
Henry Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Washington
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Davis County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Davis County
- Albert Washingtonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Dick Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- George Washingtonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- George Washingtonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- George Washingtonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
Washingtons 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 55 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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