Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Whitfield, Madison County, Texas, 1869
David Whitfield registered to vote in Madison County on November 19, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 27 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
David Whitfield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Whitfield
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Madison County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 27 years
- Signature, as written
- "David Whitfield"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsDavid Whitfield reported 27 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Whitfields 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 13 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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