Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Caleb Myers, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Caleb Myers registered to vote in Davis County on August 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Davis County
Caleb Myers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Caleb Myers
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Davis County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Myers in Davis County
- Erick Myersborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
Myerses 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 58 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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