Maverick County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Towns, Maverick County, Texas, 1869
Daniel Towns registered to vote in Maverick County on November 19, 1869. He reported 29 years in Texas, 19 of them in Maverick County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Maverick County registered 12 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Daniel Towns
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Towns
- County of registration
- Maverick County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Maverick County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 years
- Years in Texas before Maverick County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Crawford Vivier"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsDaniel Towns reported 10 years more in Texas than in Maverick County.
Other freedmen named Towns in Maverick County
- William Townsreached Texas about 1843
Townses 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 2 of the Maverick County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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