Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peyton Faison, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Peyton Faison registered to vote in Fayette County on July 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Peyton Faison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peyton Faison
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 12
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- 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 9 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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