Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Davis, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Anthony Davis registered to vote in Colorado County on November 16, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 11 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Anthony Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Davis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsAnthony Davis reported 14 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Davis in Colorado County
- Allen Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Charles Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- David Davisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- Harrison Davisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
- Henry Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
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 48 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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