Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Ledbetter, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Henry Ledbetter registered to vote in Fayette County on July 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 29 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 29 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Henry Ledbetter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Ledbetter
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 29 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ledbetter in Fayette County
- Ben Ledbetterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1839
Ledbetters elsewhere 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 10 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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