Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hunter, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
John Hunter registered to vote in Fayette County on July 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
John Hunter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hunter
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJohn Hunter reported 2 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Hunter in Fayette County
- Ceasar Hunterborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Joshua Hunterborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1837
- Sam Hunterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
Hunters 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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