Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Davis, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Davis registered to vote in Shelby County on August 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Joseph Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Davis
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph x Davis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Shelby County
- Bob Davisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Cain Davisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- King Davisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- March Davisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Mattison Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
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 8 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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