Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Dilliard, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Sam Dilliard registered to vote in Fayette County on July 27, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Sam Dilliard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Dilliard
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years 6 months
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 years 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dilliard in Fayette County
- Henry Dilliardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
Variations of Dilliard
- Dillard 7
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 25 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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