Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Davis, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Washington Davis registered to vote in Fayette County on November 23, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Washington Davis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Davis
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 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 65 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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