Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Walton Gary, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Walton Gary registered to vote in Davis County on August 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 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
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Davis County
Walton Gary
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Walton Gary
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Davis County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gary in Davis County
- Edward Garyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Hardy Garyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- Jordon Garyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
Garys 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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