Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elisha Davis, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Elisha Davis registered to vote in Walker County on September 23, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Walker County
Elisha Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elisha Davis
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wm X Davis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- 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 31 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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