Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jeff Davis, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Jeff Davis registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 9, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jeff Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jeff Davis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJeff Davis reported 2 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Davis in Bastrop County
- Armstead Davisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- Charles Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Charles Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Frank Davisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- Frank Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
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 8 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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