Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer Davis, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Spencer Davis registered to vote in Colorado County on July 18, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 10 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Spencer Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer Davis
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsSpencer Davis reported 6 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 13 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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