Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Cofield, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Cofield registered to vote in Fayette County on August 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Lewis Cofield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Cofield
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 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. It sits on page 38 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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