Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Blackwell, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
George Blackwell registered to vote in Fayette County on July 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Fayette County
George Blackwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Blackwell
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Blackwell in Fayette County
- Henry Blackwellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Logan Blackwellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Washington Blackwellborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
Blackwells 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 3 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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