Guadalupe County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
W H Davis, Guadalupe County, Texas, 1867
W H Davis registered to vote in Guadalupe County on August 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Guadalupe County registered 508 freedmen in 1867, 38% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Guadalupe County
W H Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- W H Davis
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Guadalupe County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Guadalupe County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Guadalupe County
- Ed Davisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
- George Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
- Henry Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
- Jim Davisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1866
- Richard Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
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. Guadalupe County's entries fill 34 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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