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.
- 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"
Other freedmen named Love in Davis County
- Richard Loveborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
Loves 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 66 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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