Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Croft, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Croft registered to vote in Fayette County on August 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Daniel Croft
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Croft
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsDaniel Croft reported 12 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Croft in Fayette County
- George Croftborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
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 43 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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