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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsPeter Banks reported 2 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Banks in Fayette County
- Jackson Banksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Moses Banksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Pleasant Banksborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1867
- William Banksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- William Banksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
Bankses 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 45 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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