Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Chris Mathers, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Chris Mathers registered to vote in Fayette County on November 23, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Chris Mathers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Chris Mathers
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 65 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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