Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Fields, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Ben Fields registered to vote in Fayette County on November 25, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Ben Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Fields
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Fields in Fayette County
- John Fieldsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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 68 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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