Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford Davis, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Alford Davis registered to vote in Galveston County on June 5, 1867. He reported 30 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 30 years
- In Texas
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Alford Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford Davis
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Galveston County
- Charles Davis
- Henry Davisreached Texas about 1852
- Henry Davisreached Texas about 1861
- Icke Davisreached Texas about 1859
- Jefferson Davisreached Texas about 1852
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 Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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