Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Cole, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Henry Cole registered to vote in Davis County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 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
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Davis County
Henry Cole
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Cole
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Davis County
- 26 years
- Years in the precinct
- 26 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
- N. Coleborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1861
- Peter Coleborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1837
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 25 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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