Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gus Davis, Williamson County, Texas, 1869
Gus Davis registered to vote in Williamson County on November 20, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Williamson County registered 205 freedmen in 1867, 19% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gus Davis
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Signature, as written
- "Gus his x mark Davis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Williamson County
- David Davisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- Henry Davisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- James Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- John Davisborn in South Carolina
- Mason Davisborn in Kentucky
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 24 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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