Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Hardeman, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

James Hardeman registered to vote in Fayette County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 3 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 Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Fayette County
Texas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
18 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

James Hardeman

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Hardeman
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Fayette County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
18 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

18 years

James Hardeman reported 18 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 70 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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