Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sammuel Davis, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Sammuel Davis registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Sammuel Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sammuel Davis
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Brazoria County
- Alfred Davisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- David Davisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Frank Davis
- Gero Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- Henry Davisborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1842
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 34 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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