Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Wallis, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Robert Wallis registered to vote in Davis County on August 1, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
1849186018621864186618681870
In Davis County
Robert Wallis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Wallis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Davis County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wallis in Davis County
- David Wallisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Lewis Wallisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1848
Wallises 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 13 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Davis County, Texas
Davis County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Davis CountyThe Wallis name in TexasBorn in VirginiaSearch Davis County by name