Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Clayton Dancy, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

William Clayton Dancy registered to vote in Fayette County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Fayette County

William Clayton Dancy

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Clayton Dancy
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Fayette County
14 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Dancy in Fayette County

Dancys elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Dancy 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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