Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Cheatom, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Cheatom registered to vote in Davis County on August 8, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Davis County
Wesley Cheatom
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Cheatom
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Davis County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cheatom in Davis County
- Bearl Cheatomborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1844
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 21 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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