Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Beverly Davis, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

Beverly Davis registered to vote in Gonzales County on September 27, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Gonzales County

Beverly Davis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Beverly Davis
County of registration
Gonzales County
Registered
September 27, 1867
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Gonzales County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Davis in Gonzales County

Davises elsewhere in Texas

All 307 freedmen named Davis 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 37 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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