Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Davis, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Allen Davis registered to vote in Cooke County on August 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cooke County
Allen Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Davis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Cooke County
- Lewis Davisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- Madison Davisborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1864
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 6 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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