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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Fayette County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Mose 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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