Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob Davis, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Bob Davis registered to vote in Shelby County on August 29, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Bob Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob Davis
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Bob x Vans"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Shelby County
- 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
- 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 18 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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