Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
J. A. Davis, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
J. A. Davis registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 29, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
J. A. Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- J. A. Davis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 29, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 28 years
- Years in the precinct
- 28 years
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 42 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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