Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Councel, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
William Councel registered to vote in Fayette County on November 26, 1869. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- about 1869
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
William Councel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Councel
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- 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 70 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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