Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Davis, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Davis registered to vote in Cooke County on August 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cooke County
Lewis Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Davis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Cooke County
- Allen 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 8 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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