Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lawson Davison, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Lawson Davison registered to vote in Bowie County on July 29, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 6 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Lawson Davison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lawson Davison
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 29, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Bowie County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsLawson Davison reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bowie County.
Davisons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Davison
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 10 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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