Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Buck Ivy, Davis County, Texas, 1867

Buck Ivy registered to vote in Davis County on August 31, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Florida and Texas marked
Born in Florida, registered in Davis County, Texas
Florida
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1861
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Davis County

Buck Ivy

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Buck Ivy
Place of birth
Florida
County of registration
Davis County
Precinct
4
Place of residence
Davis County
Registered
August 31, 1867
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Davis County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Davis County highlighted
Davis County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Ivy in Davis County

  • Dennis Ivyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
  • Jack Ivyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854

Ivys elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Ivy 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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