Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Terry Cole, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Terry Cole registered to vote in Davis County on August 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Davis County
Terry Cole
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Terry Cole
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Davis County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cole in Davis County
- Charles Coleborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Duncan Coleborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- George Coleborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Henry Coleborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1841
- N. Coleborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1861
Coles 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 24 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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