Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Davis, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Sam Davis registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 25, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Sam Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Davis
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 17 years
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsSam Davis reported 17 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Davis in Fort Bend County
- Anderson Davisreached Texas about 1866
- Charley Davisreached Texas about 1859
- Erans Davisreached Texas about 1866
- Frank Davisreached Texas about 1866
- Fred Davisreached Texas about 1854
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 39 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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