Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James H. White, Davis County, Texas, 1867
James H. White registered to vote in Davis County on July 30, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
James H. White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James H. White
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Davis County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsJames H. White reported 21 years more in Texas than in Davis County.
Other freedmen named White in Davis County
- John N. Whiteborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Stephen Whiteborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1849
Whites 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 13 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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