Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joshua Hunter, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Joshua Hunter registered to vote in Fayette County on August 16, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 13 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas
17 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Joshua Hunter

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joshua Hunter
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 16, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Fayette County
13 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
17 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

17 years

Joshua Hunter reported 17 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Hunter in Fayette County

Hunters elsewhere in Texas

All 63 freedmen named Hunter 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 45 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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