Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
King Davis, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
King Davis registered to vote in Shelby County on November 23, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
King Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- King Davis
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- November 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 24 years
- Signature, as written
- "King Dans"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsKing Davis reported 24 years 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
- 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 24 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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