Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elija Balis, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Elija Balis registered to vote in Davis County on August 3, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Davis County
Elija Balis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elija Balis
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Davis County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Balises 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 16 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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