Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pomp McAshan, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Pomp McAshan registered to vote in Fayette County on August 31, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Pomp McAshan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pomp McAshan
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McAshan in Fayette County
- Abram McAshanborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- Bolin McAshanborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1844
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 52 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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