Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Lafferty, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Henry Lafferty registered to vote in Fayette County on July 10, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 25 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 Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
35 years
In Texas
25 years
In the county
about 1832
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1832 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Henry Lafferty

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Lafferty
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 10, 1867
Years in Texas
35 years
Years in Fayette County
25 years
Years in the precinct
1 year 6 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
10 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

10 years

Henry Lafferty reported 10 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

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 4 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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