Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Keatin, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Moses Keatin registered to vote in Fayette County on July 9, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 8 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Moses Keatin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Keatin
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsMoses Keatin reported 4 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Keatin in Fayette County
- Andrew Keatinborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
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 2 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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