Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thornton Davis, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Thornton Davis registered to vote in Dallas County on September 25, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Thornton Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thornton Davis
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- September 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Dallas County
- Frank Davisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- John Davisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
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 28 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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