Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Denison, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
William Denison registered to vote in Fayette County on August 16, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Fayette County
William Denison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Denison
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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