Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Davis, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Richard Davis registered to vote in Harrison County on August 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Richard Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Davis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 19 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Dist Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "1855"
- Naturalized, where
- "Harrison Co Tx"
- Signature, as written
- "R. Dans"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsRichard Davis reported 19 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Davis in Harrison County
- Abram Davisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Alfred Davisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Austin Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Bart Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Benjamin Davisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
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 55 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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