Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Autry Chappell, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Autry Chappell registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
about 1855
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Autry Chappell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Autry Chappell
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Fayette County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Autry Chappell reported 11 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Variations of Chappell

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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