Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Manuel Davis, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Manuel Davis registered to vote in Fayette County on July 26, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
about 1862
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Manuel Davis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Manuel Davis
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 26, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Fayette County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
4 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Manuel Davis reported 4 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Davis in Fayette County

Davises elsewhere in Texas

All 307 freedmen named Davis 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 24 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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