Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fed Wright, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Fed Wright registered to vote in Davis County on November 26, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 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
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Davis County
Fed Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fed Wright
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Davis County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wright in Davis County
- Jill Wrightborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
Wrights 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 67 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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