Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Davidson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Davidson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 1, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Jerry Davidson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Davidson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davidson in Harrison County
- Daniel Davidsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Davidsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Randall Davidsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Reuben Davidsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
Davidsons 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 10 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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