Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Davis, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
Charles Davis registered to vote in Chambers County on August 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 3 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas" beside his name.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Charles Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Davis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Chambers County
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "Emancipation"
- Naturalized, when
- "1863"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Reuben Davis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearCharles Davis reported 1 year more in Texas than in Chambers County.
Other freedmen named Davis in Chambers County
- Nathan Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1864
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 1 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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