Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Miles Davis, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Miles Davis registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Miles Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Miles Davis
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 9 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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