Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Cannon, Fayette County, Texas, 1868
William Cannon registered to vote in Fayette County on January 31, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 2 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Cannon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Cannon
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearWilliam Cannon reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Cannon in Fayette County
- Watson Cannonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
Cannons 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 59 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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