Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tobey Davis, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Tobey Davis registered to vote in Newton County on September 28, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Newton County
Tobey Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tobey Davis
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Newton County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Toby his x Davis"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Newton County
- Edmon Davisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
Davises 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 6 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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