Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Houston Davidson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Houston Davidson registered to vote in Leon County on August 14, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Leon County
Houston Davidson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Houston Davidson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Leon County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Reubin x Davidson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davidson in Leon County
- Rufus Davidsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1839
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 11 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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