Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Davis, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Henry Davis registered to vote in Hunt County on July 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hunt County
Henry Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Davis
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Raines"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Hunt County
- David Davisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
- Spencer Davisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
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 2 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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