Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Brister Pepper, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Brister Pepper registered to vote in Davis County on August 5, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Davis County
Brister Pepper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Brister Pepper
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Davis County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Pepper in Davis County
- Grile Pepperborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
Peppers 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 18 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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