Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Yong, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Yong registered to vote in Davis County on July 17, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Davis County
Jacob Yong
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Yong
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Davis County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Yong in Davis County
- Alford Yongborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Jacob Yongborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
- Nick Yongborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
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 30 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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