Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Colbert, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ben Colbert registered to vote in Fayette County on July 8, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Ben Colbert
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Colbert
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Colberts 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 2 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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