Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Dobson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Sam Dobson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 13, 1867. He reported 23 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Sam Dobson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Dobson
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsSam Dobson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Dobsons 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 9 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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