Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Falwell, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Falwell registered to vote in Fayette County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 18 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
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Daniel Falwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Falwell
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsDaniel Falwell reported 8 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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 42 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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