Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Basil, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ben Basil registered to vote in Fayette County on August 8, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Ben Basil
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Basil
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years 6 months
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 33 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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