Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Weary, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Weary registered to vote in Davis County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 2 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Samuel Weary
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Weary
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Davis County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsSamuel Weary reported 13 years more in Texas than in Davis County.
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 11 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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