Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Dick Green, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Dick Green registered to vote in Fayette County on August 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1861
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Fayette County

Dick Green

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Dick Green
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 13, 1867
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Fayette County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Green in Fayette County

Greens elsewhere in Texas

All 225 freedmen named Green in Texas

Variations of Green

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 40 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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