Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe McKinsey, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Joe McKinsey registered to vote in Fayette County on November 17, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 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
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Joe McKinsey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe McKinsey
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McKinsey in Fayette County
- Henry McKinseyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
McKinseys 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 60 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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