Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Davis, Freestone County, Texas, 1869
Jesse Davis registered to vote in Freestone County on November 18, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Jesse Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Davis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Freestone County
- Henry Davisborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1864
- James Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- John T. Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1867
- Nelson Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- Samuel Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
Davises 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 34 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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