Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mason Davis, Williamson County, Texas, 1869
Mason Davis registered to vote in Williamson County on January 14, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Williamson County registered 205 freedmen in 1867, 19% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
Mason Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mason Davis
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Registered
- January 14, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "H. D. Moore"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Williamson County
- David Davisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- Gus Davisborn in Louisiana
- Henry Davisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- James Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- John Davisborn in South Carolina
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 22 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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