Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Mennefee, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
John Mennefee registered to vote in Fayette County on July 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 19 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
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
John Mennefee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Mennefee
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJohn Mennefee reported 6 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Mennefees 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 27 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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