Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Davidson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ben Davidson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Ben Davidson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Davidson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsBen Davidson reported 14 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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 10 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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