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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJacob 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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