Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Derry, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Washington Derry registered to vote in Fayette County on August 27, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 17 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Washington Derry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Derry
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsWashington Derry reported 8 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Derry in Fayette County
- Alex Derryborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1842
- Frank Derryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1832
- Joe Derryborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1837
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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