Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Willis, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Robert Willis registered to vote in Davis County on July 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Davis County
Robert Willis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Willis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Davis County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Willis in Davis County
- Osborn Willisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
Willises 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.
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