Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Waldon Davis, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Waldon Davis registered to vote in Anderson County on November 26, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 4 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Waldon Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Waldon Davis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearWaldon Davis reported 1 year more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Davis in Anderson County
- Bill Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- Henry Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Jeff Davisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
- John Davisborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1862
- Lewis Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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 51 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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