Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Givens, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Moses Givens registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 12, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Moses Givens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Givens
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Moses Givens"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsMoses Givens reported 19 years more in Texas than in Kaufman 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 6 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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