Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Warren Atkinson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Warren Atkinson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 15, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 9 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Warren Atkinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Warren Atkinson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 9 years 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearWarren Atkinson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Atkinsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Atkinson
- Atkins 5
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 43 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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