Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
S. Carpenter, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
S. Carpenter registered to vote in Fayette County on November 24, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 2 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
S. Carpenter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- S. Carpenter
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Carpenters 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 66 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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