Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Shelby Davis, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Shelby Davis registered to vote in Anderson County on July 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Shelby Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Shelby Davis
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 16 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
- 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 7 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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