Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Aaron Harwell, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Aaron Harwell registered to vote in Fayette County on July 13, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 8 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
26 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1841
Reached Texas
18 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1841 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Aaron Harwell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Aaron Harwell
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 13, 1867
Years in Texas
26 years
Years in Fayette County
8 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
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

Aaron Harwell reported 18 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Harwell in Fayette County

Harwells elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Harwell 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 11 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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