Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Edwards, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
George Edwards registered to vote in Fayette County on July 16, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
George Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Edwards
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsGeorge Edwards reported 7 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Edwards in Fayette County
- Ben Edwardsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Ed Edwardsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
- John Edwardsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Ned Edwardsreached Texas about 1863
- Sim Edwardsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
Edwardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Edwards
- Edward 5
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 13 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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