Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Lindsay, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Willis Lindsay registered to vote in Fayette County on July 11, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Willis Lindsay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Lindsay
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 2 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lindsay in Fayette County
- Garrison Lindsayborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Joe Lindsayborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1860
Lindsays 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 7 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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