Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Armstead Davis, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869
Armstead Davis registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 18, 1869. He reported Tennessee 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Armstead Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Armstead Davis
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- 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 yearsArmstead Davis reported 2 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Davis in Bastrop County
- 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
- Granderson 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 44 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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