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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Fayette County
Texas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Jake Ferrill reported 6 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Ferrill in Fayette County

Ferrills elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Ferrill 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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