Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Black, Davis County, Texas, 1867
John Black registered to vote in Davis County on August 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Davis County
John Black
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Black
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Davis County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Black in Davis County
- Hire Blackborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
Blacks 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 59 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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