Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Gordon, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Joe Gordon registered to vote in Fayette County on August 8, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 28 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Joe Gordon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Gordon
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJoe Gordon reported 13 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Gordons 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 33 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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