Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Graves, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Robert Graves registered to vote in Davis County on August 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Davis County
Robert Graves
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert [Bob] Graves
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Davis County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Graveses 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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