Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jack Andrews, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Jack Andrews registered to vote in Fayette County on August 10, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 12 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Jack Andrews

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jack Andrews
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 10, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Fayette County
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
8 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Jack Andrews reported 8 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Andrewses elsewhere in Texas

All 33 freedmen named Andrews in Texas

Variations of Andrews

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 36 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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