Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Boney Davis, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Boney Davis registered to vote in Austin County on November 26, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Boney Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Boney Davis
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsBoney Davis reported 23 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Davis in Austin County
- Butler Davisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Dindly Davisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- 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 65 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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