Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Albert McNeal, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Albert McNeal registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 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 Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Fayette County
Texas
Birthplace
23 years
In Texas
23 years
In the county

What the register records

From about 1844 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Albert McNeal

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Albert McNeal
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in Fayette County
23 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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