Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Moses Jarmon, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Moses Jarmon registered to vote in Fayette County on July 22, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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
14 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Moses Jarmon

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Moses Jarmon
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 22, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Fayette County
14 years
Years in the precinct
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

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All 13 freedmen named Jarmon 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 19 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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