Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cad Davis, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Cad Davis registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Cad Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cad Davis
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Walker County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ch. his X mark Brasaly"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Walker County
- Abram Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Cesar Davisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Charles Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- Elisha Davisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- George Davisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
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 Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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