Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Russell Ferrill, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Russell Ferrill registered to vote in Fayette County on November 19, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Russell Ferrill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Russell Ferrill
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ferrill in Fayette County
- Dave Ferrillborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- Jake Ferrillborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 62 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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