Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Hardeman, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Henry Hardeman registered to vote in Fayette County on August 9, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 37 years in Texas. 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
37 years
In Texas
about 1830
Reached Texas
36 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1830 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Henry Hardeman

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Hardeman
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 9, 1867
Years in Texas
37 years
Years in Fayette County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
36 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

36 years

Henry Hardeman reported 36 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 35 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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