Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Franklin Davidson, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Franklin Davidson registered to vote in Cooke County on August 30, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Cooke County
Franklin Davidson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Franklin Davidson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davidson in Cooke County
- Gabriel Davidsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
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 12 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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