Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mose McDow, Fayette County, Texas, 1868
Mose McDow registered to vote in Fayette County on January 31, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 11 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Mose McDow
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mose McDow
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsMose McDow reported 4 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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 57 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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