Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Davis, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
David Davis registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Colorado County
David Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Davis
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 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
- 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 11 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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