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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsAaron Harwell reported 18 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Harwell in Fayette County
- Cas Harwellborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1867
Harwells 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 11 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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