Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
M. Davis, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
M. Davis registered to vote in Colorado County on August 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Colorado County
M. Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- M. Davis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Colorado County
- Allen Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Anthony Davisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1844
- Charles Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- David Davisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- Harrison Davisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
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 36 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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