Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
LaFayette Hester, Austin County, Texas, 1867
LaFayette Hester registered to vote in Austin County on August 30, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
LaFayette Hester
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- LaFayette Hester
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Austin County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hester in Austin County
- George Hesterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
Hesters 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 39 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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