Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Madison Bean, Fayette County, Texas, 1868

Madison Bean registered to vote in Fayette County on January 30, 1868. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 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 Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Madison Bean

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Madison Bean
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
January 30, 1868
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Fayette County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Fayette County
9 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

9 years

Madison Bean reported 9 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Bean in Fayette County

Beans elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Bean 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 57 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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