Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Davis, Parker County, Texas, 1867
Joe Davis registered to vote in Parker County on July 26, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joe Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Davis
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Parker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Parker County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJoe Davis reported 2 years more in Texas than in Parker County.
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 Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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