Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Davis, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Davis registered to vote in Freestone County on July 22, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Samuel Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Davis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- 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
- Jesse Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- John T. Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1867
- Nelson Davisborn in Alabama, 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 4 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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