DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Burrel Davis, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869
Burrel Davis registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 22, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In DeWitt County
Burrel Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Burrel Davis
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
Other freedmen named Davis in DeWitt County
- Doc Davisreached Texas about 1846
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 24 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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