Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Davis, Davis County, Texas, 1867
John Davis registered to vote in Davis County on August 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Davis County
John Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Davis
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 months
- Years in Davis County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Davis County
- Frank Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Hamilton Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Henry Davisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- James Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
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. It sits on page 59 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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