Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Barber, Davis County, Texas, 1869

Peter Barber registered to vote in Davis County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Davis County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Davis County

Peter Barber

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Barber
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Davis County
Precinct
5
Place of residence
Davis County
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Davis County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Davis County highlighted
Davis County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Barber in Davis County

Barbers elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Barber 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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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