Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Dallis Lambert, Davis County, Texas, 1867

Dallis Lambert registered to vote in Davis County on July 20, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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 Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Davis County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Davis County

Dallis Lambert

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Dallis Lambert
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Davis County
Precinct
3
Place of residence
Davis County
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Davis County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 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 Lambert in Davis County

Lamberts elsewhere in Texas

All 12 freedmen named Lambert 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 6 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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