Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mattison Davis, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Mattison Davis registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 6 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Mattison Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mattison Davis
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Mathew his X mark Davis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearMattison Davis reported 1 year more in Texas than in Shelby County.
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
- Joseph Davisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1840
- King Davisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- March Davisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
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 14 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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