Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Davis, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
William Davis registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 16, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
William Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Davis
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Tarrant County
- Henry Davisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1865
- Lidin Davisborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1863
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 13 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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