Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Humphrey Davis, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
Humphrey Davis registered to vote in Victoria County on July 5, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Victoria County
Humphrey Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Humphrey Davis
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Victoria County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "By the County Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "July 28 1859"
- Signature, as written
- "Richard his x mark Garrey"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Victoria County
- Allen Davisreached Texas about 1866
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 13 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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