Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Bibb, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Jim Bibb registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Jim Bibb
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Bibb
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Bibbs 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 40 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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