Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Iceam Donoford, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Iceam Donoford registered to vote in Fayette County on August 9, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Iceam Donoford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Iceam Donoford
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsIceam Donoford reported 8 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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 34 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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