Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elias Banby, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Elias Banby registered to vote in Davis County on July 23, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Davis County
Elias Banby
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elias Banby
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Davis County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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