Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Davis, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Davis registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 6 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Joseph Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Davis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. G. Bass"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsJoseph Davis reported 14 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Davis in Walker County
- Abram Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Cad Davisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- 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
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 Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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