Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Haswell, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Jim Haswell registered to vote in Fayette County on August 12, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 10 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Jim Haswell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Haswell
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJim Haswell reported 16 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 38 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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