Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Ivy, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Jack Ivy registered to vote in Davis County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 1 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Jack Ivy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Ivy
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Davis County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJack Ivy reported 12 years more in Texas than in Davis County.
Other freedmen named Ivy in Davis County
- Buck Ivyborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1861
- Dennis Ivyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Ivys 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 11 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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