Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Loyd Gibson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Loyd Gibson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 10, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Loyd Gibson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Loyd Gibson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gibson in Fayette County
- Pleasant Gibsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
Gibsons elsewhere in Texas
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 36 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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