Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Davis, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Albert Davis registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 28, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Albert Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Davis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
Other freedmen named Davis in Matagorda County
- Doctor Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1844
- Edward Davisborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1860
- 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 14 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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