Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Edwards, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Ben Edwards registered to vote in Fayette County on November 16, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Ben Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Edwards
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Edwards in Fayette County
- Ed Edwardsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
- George Edwardsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 59 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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