Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Atkins, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

Thomas Atkins registered to vote in Fayette County on November 24, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Born in Tennessee, registered in Fayette County, Texas

Tennessee
Birthplace: 22 years
In Texas: 22 years
In the county: about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Fayette County

Thomas Atkins

Texas

Name: Thomas Atkins
Place of birth: Tennessee
County of registration: Fayette County
Registered: November 24, 1869
Years in Texas: 22 years
Years in Fayette County: 22 years
Years in the precinct: 22 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Atkinses elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Atkins in Texas

Variations of Atkins

Atkinson 8

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

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