Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob Little, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Bob Little registered to vote in Fayette County on August 17, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Bob Little
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob Little
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsBob Little reported 9 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Littles elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Little
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 45 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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