Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Austin Davis, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Austin Davis registered to vote in Harrison County on July 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Austin Davis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Austin Davis
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 23, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Harrison County
2 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
13 years
Signature, as written
"A. Davis"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Austin Davis reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Davis in Harrison County

Davises elsewhere in Texas

All 307 freedmen named Davis 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 41 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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