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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Davis County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Davis County highlighted
Davis County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Davis in Davis County

Davises elsewhere in Texas

All 307 freedmen named Davis 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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