Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Davis, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Robert Davis registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 26, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Robert Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Davis
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robert Davis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsRobert Davis reported 8 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Davis in Kaufman County
- Hubbard Davisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
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 15 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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