Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Davis, Cameron County, Texas, 1868
James Davis registered to vote in Cameron County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 2 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
James Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Davis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJames Davis reported 13 years more in Texas than in Cameron County.
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 Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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