Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

W.R.H. Gregory, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

W.R.H. Gregory registered to vote in Fayette County on July 11, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 20 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 Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

W.R.H. Gregory

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
W.R.H. Gregory
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 11, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Fayette County
20 years
Years in the precinct
20 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
5 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

W.R.H. Gregory reported 5 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

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

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