Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lewis Love, Davis County, Texas, 1869

Lewis Love registered to vote in Davis County on November 24, 1869. He reported Choctaw Nation as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Choctaw Nation, registered in Davis County, Texas
Choctaw Nation
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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In Davis County

Lewis Love

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lewis Love
Place of birth
Choctaw Nation
County of registration
Davis County
Precinct
1
Place of residence
Davis County
Registered
November 24, 1869
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Davis County
13 years
Years in the precinct
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Davis County highlighted
Davis County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Love in Davis County

  • Richard Loveborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854

Loves elsewhere in Texas

All 38 freedmen named Love 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 66 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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