Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Davis, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
James Davis registered to vote in Bexar County on November 18, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
James Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Davis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Bexar County
- Dallas Davisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Solomon Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
- Thomas Davisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 45 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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