Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ceasar Knox, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Ceasar Knox registered to vote in Fayette County on August 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 2 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 Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Ceasar Knox

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ceasar Knox
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 13, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Fayette County
2 years
Years in the precinct
1 year 6 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Ceasar Knox reported 13 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Knoxes elsewhere in Texas

All 21 freedmen named Knox 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 39 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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