DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fountain Loveless, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869
Fountain Loveless registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 19, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 15 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Fountain Loveless
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fountain Loveless
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before DeWitt County
- 7 years
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsFountain Loveless reported 7 years more in Texas than in DeWitt County.
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 24 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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