Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Knott, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ben Knott registered to vote in Fayette County on July 18, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Ben Knott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Knott
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 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. It sits on page 16 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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