Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Davis, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Green Davis registered to vote in Bastrop County on January 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Green Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Davis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsGreen Davis reported 15 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 41 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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