Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George W. Bridgewater, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
George W. Bridgewater registered to vote in Fayette County on July 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 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
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
George W. Bridgewater
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George W. Bridgewater
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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