Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jo Capers, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Jo Capers registered to vote in Davis County on August 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Davis County
Jo Capers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jo Capers
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Davis County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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