Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Fagan, Nueces County, Texas, 1868
William Fagan registered to vote in Nueces County on January 31, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
William Fagan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Fagan
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Nueces County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsWilliam Fagan reported 7 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.
Fagans 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 7 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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