Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Black, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
James Black registered to vote in Fayette County on August 9, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
James Black
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Black
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJames Black reported 6 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Blacks 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 36 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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