Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jake Ferrill, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Jake Ferrill registered to vote in Fayette County on September 28, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 15 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Jake Ferrill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jake Ferrill
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJake Ferrill reported 6 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Ferrill in Fayette County
- Dave Ferrillborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- Russell Ferrillborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
Ferrills elsewhere in Texas
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 54 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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