Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Giles H. Barnes, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Giles H. Barnes registered to vote in Fayette County on August 16, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Giles H. Barnes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Giles H. Barnes
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 28 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Barneses 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 44 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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