Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sam Dudley, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Sam Dudley registered to vote in Fayette County on July 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
about 1863
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Sam Dudley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sam Dudley
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Fayette County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 12, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Fayette County
8 months
Years in the precinct
8 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Sam Dudley reported 3 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 7 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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