Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Davis Pearson, Fayette County, Texas, 1868
Davis Pearson registered to vote in Fayette County on January 30, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Davis Pearson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Davis Pearson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Pearsons 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 57 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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