Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Billie Flower, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Billie Flower registered to vote in Fayette County on July 9, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Billie Flower
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Billie Flower
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Flower in Fayette County
- Ben Flowerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Flowers elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Flower
- Flowers 7
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 3 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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