Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Fields, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Frank Fields registered to vote in Davis County on July 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Davis County
Frank Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Fields
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Davis County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Fields in Davis County
- Alexander Fieldsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Clinton Fieldsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Isom Fieldsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- The Fieldsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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 4 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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