Washington County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Davis Styles, Washington County, Texas, 1867
Davis Styles registered to vote in Washington County on June 13, 1867. He reported 29 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Freedman of Color. Erased to vote in Austin County" beside his name. Washington County registered 2,279 freedmen in 1867, 53% of its voters.
- 29 years
- In Texas
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
- 28 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
Davis Styles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Davis Styles
- County of registration
- Washington County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Washington County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Washington County
- 28 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alen his X mark Rogers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Freedman of Color. Erased to vote in Austin County"
Elsewhere in Texas
28 yearsDavis Styles reported 28 years more in Texas than in Washington County.
Styleses 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 3 of the Washington County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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