Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Frank Derry, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Frank Derry registered to vote in Fayette County on August 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 20 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
35 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1832
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1832 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Frank Derry

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Frank Derry
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 26, 1867
Years in Texas
35 years
Years in Fayette County
20 years
Years in the precinct
20 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Frank Derry reported 15 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Derry 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 50 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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