Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Fairris, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
George Fairris registered to vote in Fayette County on September 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
George Fairris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Fairris
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- September 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year 4 months
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 56 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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