Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Solomon Jamon, Fayette County, Texas, 1868
Solomon Jamon registered to vote in Fayette County on January 31, 1868. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Solomon Jamon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Solomon Jamon
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jamon in Fayette County
- Alfred Jamonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
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 58 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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