Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alfred Daniels, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Alfred Daniels registered to vote in Fayette County on July 26, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 2 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1865
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Fayette County

Alfred Daniels

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alfred Daniels
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 26, 1867
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Fayette County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Danielses elsewhere in Texas

All 39 freedmen named Daniels in Texas

Variations of Daniels

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 25 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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