Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Garrett, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Jordan Garrett registered to vote in Fayette County on September 28, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Jordan Garrett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Garrett
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Garretts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Garrett
- Garret 8
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 54 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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