Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Dorson, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Joe Dorson registered to vote in Davis County on July 27, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Davis County
Joe Dorson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Dorson
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Davis County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 11 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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