Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Flower, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ben Flower registered to vote in Fayette County on August 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Ben Flower
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Flower
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Flower in Fayette County
- Billie Flowerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
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 38 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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