Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Phil Ross, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Phil Ross registered to vote in Davis County on August 12, 1867. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Davis County
Phil Ross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Phil Ross
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 12, 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 Ross in Davis County
- Joe Rossborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
Rosses 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 23 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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