Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Banks, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Peter Banks registered to vote in Fayette County on August 17, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 15 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Peter Banks

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Banks
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 17, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Fayette County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
2 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

2 years

Peter Banks reported 2 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Banks in Fayette County

Bankses elsewhere in Texas

All 67 freedmen named Banks 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 45 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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