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.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsManuel Davis reported 4 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
- 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 24 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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