Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Zachary Davis, Karnes County, Texas, 1867
Zachary Davis registered to vote in Karnes County on July 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 15 of them in Karnes County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Zachary Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Zachary Davis
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Karnes County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Karnes County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Karnes County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsZachary Davis reported 3 years more in Texas than in Karnes County.
Other freedmen named Davis in Karnes County
- Alexander Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
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 1 of the Karnes County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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