Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Marion Reeves, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Marion Reeves registered to vote in Davis County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Davis County
Marion Reeves
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Marion Reeves
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Davis County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Reeves in Davis County
- Benjamin Reevesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Jeremiah Reevesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Reeveses 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 56 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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