Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cato Davis, Nueces County, Texas, 1869
Cato Davis registered to vote in Nueces County on November 17, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Nueces County
Cato Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cato Davis
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Nueces County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 8 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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