Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Davis, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Charles Davis registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bastrop County
Charles Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Davis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Other freedmen named Davis in Bastrop County
- Armstead Davisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- Charles Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- 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 8 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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