Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Washington, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Simon Washington registered to vote in Davis County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Davis County
Simon Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Washington
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Davis County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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