Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jeff Davis, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jeff Davis registered to vote in Anderson County on August 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Jeff Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jeff Davis
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Anderson County
- Bill Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- Henry Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- John Davisborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1862
- Lewis Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Ruckus Davisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1849
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 20 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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