Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Meredith Featherson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Meredith Featherson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 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
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Meredith Featherson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Meredith Featherson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 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 40 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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