Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Floyd, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Floyd registered to vote in Davis County on July 13, 1867. He reported Alabama 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.
- Alabama
- 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
Lewis Floyd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Floyd
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 13, 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 Floyd in Davis County
- Henderson Floydborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Jack Floydborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Jerry Floydborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
Floyds 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 1 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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