Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Dedrich, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Green Dedrich registered to vote in Fayette County on November 24, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Green Dedrich
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Dedrich
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearGreen Dedrich reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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 67 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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