Washington County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel Giddings, Washington County, Texas, 1867

Daniel Giddings registered to vote in Washington County on June 13, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas, 1 of them in Washington County. The registrar wrote "FMC" beside his name. Washington County registered 2,279 freedmen in 1867, 53% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Washington County, Texas
13 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Washington County

Daniel Giddings

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel Giddings
County of registration
Washington County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 13, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Washington County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Washington County
12 years
Signature, as written
"Charles his X mark Child"
Remarks, as written
"FMC"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Washington County highlighted
Washington County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Daniel Giddings reported 12 years more in Texas than in Washington County.

Other freedmen named Giddings in Washington County

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 4 of the Washington County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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