Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Herndon, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Abram Herndon registered to vote in Fayette County on August 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Abram Herndon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Herndon
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years 6 months
- Years in Fayette County
- 3 years 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Herndons 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 52 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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