Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ed Edwards, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Ed Edwards registered to vote in Fayette County on November 23, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 2 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Ed Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ed Edwards
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Edwards in Fayette County
- Ben Edwardsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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