Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Davis, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Edward Davis registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Matagorda County
Edward Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Davis
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 6 years
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsEdward Davis reported 6 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Davis in Matagorda County
- Albert Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Doctor Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1844
- General Davisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- George Davisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Philip Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
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 10 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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