Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Peal, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Willis Peal registered to vote in Davis County on July 27, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Davis County
Willis Peal
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Peal
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Davis County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 38 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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