Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jerry Finely, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Jerry Finely registered to vote in Fayette County on July 12, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. 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 Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
about 1846
Reached Texas
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Jerry Finely

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jerry Finely
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Fayette County
Precinct
12
Registered
July 12, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Fayette County
3 months
Years in the precinct
3 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
20 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

20 years

Jerry Finely reported 20 years 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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