Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jacob Filmore, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Jacob Filmore registered to vote in Fayette County on September 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Jacob Filmore

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jacob Filmore
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
September 24, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Fayette County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Jacob Filmore reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.

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 53 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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