Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sammuel Davis, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Sammuel Davis registered to vote in Anderson County on August 27, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Sammuel Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sammuel Davis
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsSammuel Davis reported 3 years 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 31 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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