Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Tolbert, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Nathan Tolbert registered to vote in Davis County on August 2, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Nathan Tolbert
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Tolbert
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Davis County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsNathan Tolbert reported 2 years more in Texas than in Davis County.
Tolberts 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 14 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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