Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Drisdale, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Drisdale registered to vote in Fayette County on August 16, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Stephen Drisdale
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Drisdale
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Drisdale in Fayette County
- Iceam Drisdaleborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Jackson Drisdaleborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
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 43 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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