Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Croft, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
George Croft registered to vote in Fayette County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 3 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
George Croft
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Croft
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsGeorge Croft reported 18 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Croft in Fayette County
- Daniel Croftborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
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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