Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Josephus Givens, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Josephus Givens registered to vote in Houston County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Josephus Givens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Josephus Givens
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Houston County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Oscar Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJosephus Givens reported 3 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Givenses 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 8 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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