Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Davis, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Frank Davis registered to vote in Davis County on August 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Davis County
Frank Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Davis
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Davis County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Davis County
- Hamilton Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Henry Davisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- James Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
- John Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
Davises 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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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