Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Breeding, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
William Breeding registered to vote in Fayette County on August 13, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
William Breeding
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Breeding
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsWilliam Breeding reported 21 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Breeding in Fayette County
- Jackson Breedingborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
Breedings 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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