Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Exter P Dexter, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Exter P Dexter registered to vote in Fayette County on November 25, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Exter P Dexter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Exter P Dexter
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 4 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsExter P Dexter reported 11 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Dexters elsewhere in Texas
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 69 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Fayette County, Texas
Fayette County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Fayette CountyThe Dexter name in TexasBorn in AlabamaSearch Fayette County by name