Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Lafon, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ben Lafon registered to vote in Fayette County on August 29, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 5 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Ben Lafon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Lafon
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsBen Lafon reported 15 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Lafon in Fayette County
- Joe Lafonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1851
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 50 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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