Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Davis, Chambers County, Texas, 1869
Nathan Davis registered to vote in Chambers County on November 31, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipated in Texas in 1865. Registered from Polk" beside his name.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Nathan Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Davis
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 31, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Chambers County
- 3 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Emancipation"
- Naturalized, when
- "1865"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "John Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipated in Texas in 1865. Registered from Polk"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsNathan Davis reported 3 years more in Texas than in Chambers County.
Other freedmen named Davis in Chambers County
- Charles Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 7 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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