Denton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Givens, Denton County, Texas, 1867
Richard Givens registered to vote in Denton County on July 26, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 3 of them in Denton County. Denton County registered 61 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Richard Givens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Givens
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Denton County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Denton County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Denton County
- 2 years
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsRichard Givens reported 2 years more in Texas than in Denton 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 2 of the Denton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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