Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Davenport, Walker County, Texas, 1868
James Davenport registered to vote in Walker County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
James Davenport
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Davenport
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "James his X mark Davenport"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJames Davenport reported 12 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Davenport in Walker County
- Lewis Davenportborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
Davenports 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 36 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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