Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Amos Loftin, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Amos Loftin registered to vote in Fayette County on August 16, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Amos Loftin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Amos Loftin
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsAmos Loftin reported 12 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Loftins 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 44 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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