Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Davis, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
Thomas Davis registered to vote in Bexar County on November 24, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Thomas Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Davis
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Bexar County
- Dallas Davisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- James Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
- Solomon Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
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 51 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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