Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Briton Livingston, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Briton Livingston registered to vote in Davis County on August 7, 1867. He reported Louisiana 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.
- Louisiana
- 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
Briton Livingston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Briton Livingston
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Davis County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Livingstons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Livingston
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 20 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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