Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Coverhorse, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Coverhorse registered to vote in Davis County on August 2, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 9 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Stephen Coverhorse
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Coverhorse
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Davis County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearStephen Coverhorse reported 1 year more in Texas than in Davis County.
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 14 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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