Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Antony Davis, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Antony Davis registered to vote in Fayette County on July 25, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Antony Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Antony Davis
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsAntony Davis reported 19 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Davis in Fayette County
- Alex Davisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1845
- Antony Davisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Charles Davisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- George Davisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Hilliard Davisborn in Georgia, reached 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 23 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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