Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Davis, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Joe Davis registered to vote in Fayette County on July 19, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Joe Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Davis
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Davis in Fayette County
- Alex Davisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1845
- Antony Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Antony Davisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Charles Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- George Davisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
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 17 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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