Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Ledbetter, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ben Ledbetter registered to vote in Fayette County on July 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Ben Ledbetter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Ledbetter
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 28 years
- Years in the precinct
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ledbetter in Fayette County
- Henry Ledbetterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1838
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 18 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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