Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Davis, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Frank Davis registered to vote in Dallas County on August 2, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Frank Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Davis
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Dallas County
- John Davisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- Thornton Davisborn in Missouri, 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 4 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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