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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsW.R.H. Gregory reported 5 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Gregorys 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 7 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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