Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Betts, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Peter Betts registered to vote in Davis County on July 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Davis County
Peter Betts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Betts
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Davis County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Betts in Davis County
- Gilbert Bettsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
Bettses 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 7 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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