Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
St. Clair Dobbin, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
St. Clair Dobbin registered to vote in Fayette County on July 13, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 17 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
St. Clair Dobbin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- St. Clair Dobbin
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 12
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 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. It sits on page 9 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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