Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Ivory, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
William Ivory registered to vote in Fayette County on July 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
William Ivory
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Ivory
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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