Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry McKinsey, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Henry McKinsey registered to vote in Fayette County on November 19, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Henry McKinsey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry McKinsey
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McKinsey in Fayette County
- Joe McKinseyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
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 62 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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