Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cyrus Davis, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Cyrus Davis registered to vote in Leon County on November 16, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cyrus Davis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Naturalized, where
- "John Rush"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Leon County
- Albert Davisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Cyrus Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- Edward Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- Harrison Davisborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Henry Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1865
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 28 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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