Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Madison Davis, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Madison Davis registered to vote in Cooke County on August 5, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Madison Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Madison Davis
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Cooke County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsMadison Davis reported 2 years more in Texas than in Cooke County.
Other freedmen named Davis in Cooke County
- Allen Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- Lewis Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
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 5 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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