Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford Yong, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Alford Yong registered to vote in Davis County on August 21, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Davis County
Alford Yong
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford Yong
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Davis County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Yong in Davis County
- Jacob Yongborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- 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 56 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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