Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alfred Hanna, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Alfred Hanna registered to vote in Fayette County on July 30, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 4 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 Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Alfred Hanna

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alfred Hanna
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 30, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Fayette County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Alfred Hanna reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Hanna in Fayette County

  • Frank Hannaborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855

Hannas elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Hanna 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 29 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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