Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob Lyons, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Bob Lyons registered to vote in Davis County on July 22, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Davis County
Bob Lyons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob Lyons
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Davis County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Lyonses 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 7 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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