Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Woodson Davis, Matagorda County, Texas, 1868
Woodson Davis registered to vote in Matagorda County on January 28, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 1 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Woodson Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Woodson Davis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsWoodson Davis reported 13 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
- 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
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 17 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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