Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Solomon Clement, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Solomon Clement registered to vote in Fayette County on July 15, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Solomon Clement
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Solomon Clement
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Clements 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 11 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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