Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Davis, Dallas County, Texas, 1869
John Davis registered to vote in Dallas County on November 22, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Dallas County
John Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Davis
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Dallas County
- Frank Davisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- 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 41 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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