Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Davidson, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
David Davidson registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
David Davidson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Davidson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 25 years
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsDavid Davidson reported 25 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Davidson in Fort Bend County
- Elijah Davidsonreached Texas about 1866
- Sidney Davidsonreached Texas about 1866
Davidsons 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 39 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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