Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stafford Berston, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Stafford Berston registered to vote in Davis County on July 25, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Davis County
Stafford Berston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stafford Berston
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Davis County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Berston in Davis County
- Allen Berstonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1864
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 9 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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