Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dudly Davis, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Dudly Davis registered to vote in Austin County on August 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Austin County
Dudly Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dudly Davis
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Austin County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Austin County
- Boney Davisborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1844
- Butler Davisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Elihin Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- Elisha Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1842
- George Davisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
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 37 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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