Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmon Davis, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Edmon Davis registered to vote in Newton County on September 28, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Newton County
Edmon Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmon Davis
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Newton County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Edmon his x Davis"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Newton County
- Tobey Davisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
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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