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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in DeWitt County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In DeWitt County

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
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Fountain 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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