Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Pleasant Hogan, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Pleasant Hogan registered to vote in Fayette County on July 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
17 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Pleasant Hogan

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Pleasant Hogan
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 10, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Fayette County
17 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Hogan in Fayette County

  • John Hoganborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849

Hogans elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Hogan 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 5 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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