Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lawrence Coxey, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Lawrence Coxey registered to vote in Davis County on August 13, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Transfered to Marion County" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Lawrence Coxey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lawrence Coxey
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Davis County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Transfered to Marion 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 24 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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