Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Davis, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Jacob Davis registered to vote in Walker County on January 29, 1868. He reported Alabama 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Walker County
Jacob Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Davis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jacob his X mark Banam"
- 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
- 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 34 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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