Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Knight, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Joe Knight registered to vote in Davis County on August 20, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Davis County
Joe Knight
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Knight
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Davis County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Knight in Davis County
- David Knightborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1854
Knights 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 55 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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